Active Hamstring Stretch

HipPosterior ChainThighWarm UpStretch
Written By David Song

ACTIVE HAMSTRING STRETCH

This is an active hamstring mobility exercise. Lie down on your back and wrap your hands under your thigh and pull it towards your chest with your knee bent. Slowly extend the knee as far as you can within tolerable limits.

Muscles Involved:

  • Hamstrings

    • Biceps Femoris

    • Semitendinosus

    • Semimembranosus

Related Conditions:

  • Sport Specific Warm Up

  • Hamstrings Tendinitis

  • Mechanical Low Back Pain

  • Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome

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