Exercises>Bent-Leg Hamstring Stretch
Bent-Leg Hamstring Stretch
Description
Lie on your back with one leg straight on the floor. Hold the other leg behind the knee or the back of the thigh and pull it towards your chest, keeping the knee bent, until you feel a stretch in the hamstrings.
Hold the position while breathing calmly, then switch sides.
See this instructional video from Stretch Therapy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrF2iMnn09w
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Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: Croak6728, jptjptjptjpt). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).