Tight hamstrings are a common complaint of athletes looking to perform better and patients that simply want to get out of pain. Athletes and patients will say “Look, I can’t touch my toes” and they blame their tight hamstrings.
The video above demonstrates a great alternative to load and actively stretch your hamstrings that can be used for both neurological and mechanical hamstring tightness. Actively controlling this stretch will help our brain get more familiar with the position of our pelvis and the increased length we are trying to provide our hamstrings.
