Flexibility in hamstrings
Common Questions and Answers about Flexibility in hamstrings
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Hamstring stretch can help maintain flexibility in your hamstrings as well as reduce any pain that may occur as the result of high hamstring tendinopathy. Position your affected leg on a couch or bench fully extended. Your heel should be flat on the bench with your toes facing the ceiling. Sit straight up. Allow your unaffected leg to hang over the edge of the bench with your foot touching the ground. Slowly lean forward at your waist while maintaining a straight back. Reach for your toes.
I have a problem with chronic pain in my left shin and have had bouts with plantar fastitis. Suddenly by shoe inserts to support my high arches feel awful. What are the right exercises and what else can I do?
I went to a doctor and was told it is not Sciatica, and that it is a muscle issue and that stretching therapy to improve my flexibility in my hamstrings, and strengthin my core will help rectify the problem. They also said that poor posture for the 47 years of my life is a contributing factor. Can anybody shed some light on this and some possible remedies?
I believe it is in part due to patellar mistracking. I have been working on flexibility in my hamstrings and quads, as well as strengthening my VMO, since it is weaker than the outer quad muscles. I have been doing wall sits to strengthen my VMO, since squats are too painful and leg extensions agrivate the condition. However, these excersizes seem to do little to help with the pain, even though I have been doing them for at least 6 months now.
My pain started about 3-4 months ago with mild hamstring pain in both legs. It was a dull sometime shooting pain. I had very little flexibility in my hamstrings until I stretched them. The pain has become more extreme and is now hurting in my lower legs (shin splints and ankle), hips, butt, hamstrings etc. The pain was in both legs but now is 90% in my right leg. Its at its worst in the am when I wake up and pretty much never feels 100% even after NSAIDs.
Last week he had a baclofen pump trial to see if that would help his pain in the back of his leg and since then his weakness is alot worse. And now his tailbone hurts so bad he cant even sit. Nothing helps his pain and he DOES NOT want to take narcotic pain medicine. Every doctor he sees attributes his pain/muscle weakness to his stroke but he says thats not what it is since all of his upper extremities are working just fine. His speech is fine and his fine motor skills are fine.
Stretching the front and back or your leg to increase the flexibility in your knee. Perform stretching exercises at the end of your workout when your muscles are warm. Stretch the front of your leg in a standing position by bending your knee and raising your foot up toward your backside. Grasp the ankle with your hand to enhance the stretch. Stretch the back of your legs in a seated position with your legs extended on the floor. Fold forward over your straight legs to stretch your hamstrings.
The past few weeks and especially the past week, my spasticity issues seem to have increased quite a bit. My legs have been so TIGHT the past few days. I swear I must look like tin man when I walk. The are just so stiff! My calf muscles are really hard and I have constant twitching (best word I can think of) in my thighs. My quads & hamstrings are pretty tight too. Yesterday and today were a bit better. Night time is still pretty rough, but I'm kind of used to that.
i've been injured a lot in the past months: wrist tendonitis for three months and achilles sprain for 1.5 months. i've been avoiding walking, but i did some more walking today since my ankles have improved. my right hamstring is tight. i stretched it a few times, and it's still tight.
should i ice, rest, stretch? how can i tell if its overstretch? it's not swollen, and it doesn't really hurt, but it's noticeable.
m normally very active and have been for my entire life, I do heavy weight lifting and also have some injuries (ruptured discs in lower back, tailbone pain, and obvious anterior pelvic tilt).
All of my muscles are very stiff and inflexible and are very tight and sore deep in the muscle. I sometimes feel spasms all over in my muscles.
I still suffer from excruciating cramp in my feet. Over the last 2 years I have built up the muscles in my feet and have increased flexibility with daily stretches and exercises but still suffer from painful cramp in my arches and toes. It seems to occur when my toes are pointed for long periods of time as I tend to tense my feet quite hard.
I have flexibility issues in almost all of my joints (Knees, elbow, wrist, ankle). Coincidentally, all the joints in the right side of my body are worse. I cannot squat as the back of my feet cannot touch my butt, my hand cannot touch my shoulder, cannot do pushup as wrist will hurt a lot.
I have done xrays but doctor said my xrays are fine. Went through physiotherapy but joints flexibility does not improve no matter how much i stretched.
For a couple of days after running I get pains in my lower back, hips, thighs and hamstrings. A couple of months ago I could sprint/ run for sustained periods but would experience pain for a couple of days afterwards.
Can you advise what I should do.
Go to youtube and put in chair excercises for upper arms. I have done this as I am 65 and nerve damage from my neck to my hamstrings. No jumping!!! So I sit use light weights.
Good luck!
Both legs are affected and thighs and hamstrings are involved. And these muscles are completely covered in it, not just few lumps here or there. These bumps are not visible but I can easy feel them by running my fingers along thigh or hamstring muscle. My other muscles are smooth. Also, I can feel almost like clicking sensation when massaging these lumps in the circular motion. And these bumps seem to be of the same height. Just imagine like having bubble wrap under your skin.
With continuous focused training and physical exercise you will gain strength in the back of leg. The hamstrings aid in flexion at the the knee joint and the three chief muscles involved are semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris. The calf muscles are gastrocnemius, soleus and plataris which are strong flexors at the ankle joint.
Physiotherapist will also be useful to design a schedule for flexing at your knee joint and ankle joint.
Take care!
My 80 year old mother had TKR surgery last week. She says when she stands or sits for any length of time, her foot hurts and she must lay down to relieve the pain. The doctor said this is typical because of blood rushing to the foot and recommended putting the support sock on.
Has anyone else experienced this? Everyone is impressed with her flexibility and she's doing her exercises regularly but this pain has really gotten her concerned and regrets getting the surgery.
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These symptoms could arise from the forceful pull of various muscles originating from the ischial tuberosity like adductor and hamstrings, sacrotuberous ligaments sustained during sports, trauma, other injuries, overuse of hamstrings or avulsion fracture of ischial tuberosity. it is also triggered by sitting for extended periods on hard surfaces and better known as weavers bottom. Usually hamstring tendonitis or ischiogluteal bursitis or could also be due to sciatic or tibial nerve entrapment.
Exercises and therapy
To promote your recovery, your doctor may recommend specific exercises or physical therapy to strengthen the muscles that support your knees and control limb alignment, such as your quadriceps, hamstrings and the muscles around your hips (especially the hip abductors). In other cases, knee braces or arch supports may be recommended.
When you exercise, choose activities that go easy on your knees, such as bicycling and swimming.
It started with shoulder pain, but has now spread to back and hamstrings. I have tried doing Physiotherapy for more than a year now under the guidance of multiple doctors, but none of them have proved successful. Post this, I did a MRI and doctor suggested some steroids that could be beneficial. I tried those for 3 months, but the pain continued. I am looking for some permanent treatment that could reduce the pain ! Please let me know if anyone can help.
Thanks!
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