Want to Touch Your Toes? - 5 tips to increase hamstring flexibility
When you bend forward to touch your toes - can you reach them? If you feel like the reason you can't touch your toes is a tightness at the back of your thighs, you probably think you should stretch those muscles (your hamstrings). And, you might be right!
But if it's not working, here are 5 things you can do to get closer to touching your toes.
Foam Rolling - Use a foam roller to roll out your calves, back of thighs, glutes, and upper back
Deep Breathing - Lie on your back, hugging both knees, fully inhale for 6 seconds and exhale for 8 seconds
Roll your feet - Massage your foot using a tennis-ball sized ball
Stretch the front of your thighs - Lie on your stomach, bend your knee and hold onto your ankle, tuck your tailbone under until you feel a stretch at the front of your thighs
Strengthen - strengthen your lower abs with pelvic tilts and eccentrically strengthen your hamstring with light dead lifts
If you need questions about these strategies, let us know!