3 workouts to help your hamstrings trust you again after an injury
Our hamstrings are prone to injury because they are often not conditioned to withstand the strength and flexibility demands of an active life. Too much sitting and a neglect of full range of motion stability training makes them primed for pulls and tears.
Hamstrings are also notoriously slow to recover. Again, sitting is a huge part of this because it compresses the muscle and restricts blood flow.
Impatience can also make us go back to passive stretches or demanding activities too quickly, without gradually ramping up activity to help the muscles and tendons feel safe.
These three workouts offer my favorite tools to rebuild the hamstrings in a way that will make them feel even better than they did before!
Workout 1: How to Recover
This super gentle activation and awareness workout is the first thing you can do after the acute phase of your tear is healed and you aren't in constant pain.
Workout 2: Regaining Flexibility Safely
After building awareness, this workout starts to work on movement dynamics and gets the leg active while starting to introduce some lengthening.
Workout 3: Returning to Pike Stretch
This workout helps you return to a basic hamstring stretch - the pike - without a reliance on passive hamstring stretches that can re-injure the muscle. This is a safe and reassuring approach to hamstring mobility.
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