 Poster: A snowHead
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I've always had really, really tight hamstrings, ever since I can remember. I put this down to playing hockey since I was 11, but in those joyful days of youth, I never really warmed up or down properly. Over the last 12 months or so I've had a bad back, and was diagnosed by a sports therapist that my quads were very tight (pulling my hips out and putting stress on my lower back muscles). She advised on some stretches for my quads, and hey presto, my back is now fine. Colin at Solutions for Feet has this morning told me my calfs are also really tight, leading to my boots hurting.... So, my question is; Other than the standard stretches for calfs and hamstrings, has anyone else got any ideas (short of surgery!!!) - if it helps I spend most of my day sitting either at a computer or in a car, although there are times when I'm out walking....
Cheers!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Get a theraband
Lie on back and hamstring stretch as per normal with foot in theraband and pulling band towards upper body... THEN
pull heel 'down'(only way to describe it sorry) so that hamstrings tighten - hold for 8 secs - then stop pulling heel down and at same time pull band towards upper body again and hold as per hamstring stretch again.
If you like to hamstring stretch standing with leg up on chair then do them with leg angled out and leg angled in...
Don't forget piriformis and glutes
Calves - usual suspects - hang off a step, calf and achilles stretches leaning towards wall blah blah... Do them whenever you get the chance - so making coffee, standing in lift, waiting for lift etc
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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for ladies...get a toyboy,
for gents.... perhaps something like that little minx on celebrity get me out of here... or a toyboy if thats your thing 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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good massage PLUS stretching would be the ideal prescription! If you have a lot of trigger points in the muscles, stretching them properly can be well-nigh impossible.
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I already use a sports therapist / masseuse, hence the quad excercises, and she does a lot of work on the rest of my legs (piriformis and calfs).
THanks for all your replies guys.
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Warm up first, then use the standard stretches daily.
After a couple of weeks you'll be suprised how bendy you become.
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mustdash, Some interesting injury stats published in the medical literature recently suggesting that those who stretch daily and those who never stretch have lowe rrisk of injury than those who stretch intermittently.
Once you've started, keep going... It will pay dividends however.
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FAQ
) however it was a real revelation but just like painting a house once i had had my calf muscles done i realised just how much my quads needed working on,
but aim for something that you are comfy with.
