Things To Know About Flexibility

In this week’s episode of Your Health Matters, I share a question that a patient recently asked me. They asked how they can improve their hamstring flexibility so they can touch their head to their knees in a forward fold with their legs completely straight. 

You will learn tips to improve your flexibility and how to understand your flexibility better. 

In this episode we discuss: 

[0:20] Introduction 

[0:53] Your reason for your movement   

[1:48] What you need to know about flexibility

[4:06] What we think is going on when changing our muscle

[6:40] Static vs. Dynamic stretching 

[10:08] Stretching to decrease injuries  

[10:50] Contracting your muscles before stretching it

[11:53] Conclusion

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