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Hamstring and Groin (Adductor) Stretch
- Squat down over your right leg with the left leg extended (straight)
- Take your left hand and reach toward your toes
- You should feel the stretch in your left hamstring
- Take your right arm and lightly push out on your right knee
- You should feel the stretch in your groin (adductor)
- Repeat with other leg
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Hamstring Stretch
- Start standing, cross one leg over the other
- Slowly bend over and reach toward your toes
- You should feel the stretch in your hamstring
- Repeat with other leg
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Hamstring Stretch
- Sit on the ground with both legs straight out in front of you
- Bend the left leg and place the sole of the left foot alongside the knee of the right leg
- Allow the left leg to lie relaxed on the ground
- Bend forward keeping the back straight
- You will feel the stretch in the hamstring of the right leg
- Repeat with the other leg
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Hamstring and Groin (Adductor) Stretch
- Stand with feet spread at a comfortable distance
- Slowly bend down, trying to touch the ground
- Hold for several seconds, controlling your breathing
- You should feel the stretch in your hamstrings and groin (adductor)
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Groin Stretch
- Sit with tall posture
- Ease both of your feet up towards your body and place the soles of your feet together, allowing your knees to come up and out to the side
- Rest your hands on your lower legs or ankles and ease both knees towards the ground
- You will feel the stretch along the inside of your thighs and groin
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Glute Stretch
- Sit upright with your legs out in front of you
- While keeping your left leg straight out in front, bring your right leg up and cross it over your left directly in front of you
- Wrap both arms around your right leg and 'hug' your leg
- You will feel a stretch in your glute muscle
- Repeat with other leg
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Iliotibial Band (IT Band) Stretch
- Sit tall with legs stretched out in front of you
- Bend the right knee and place the right foot on the ground to the left side of the left knee
- Turn your shoulders so that you are facing to the right
- Use your left arm against your right knee to help ease you further around
- Use your right arm on the ground for support
- You will feel the stretch along the length of the spine and in the muscles around the right hip
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Glute Stretch
- Lay flat on your back and bring your right knee up to your chest
- Hold your knee at your chest with both hands
- You will feel a stretch in your glute
- Repeat with other leg
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Glute and Back Stretch
- Lay flat on your back with arms straight out in a cross position
- Bring your right knee up and cross it over, using your left hand to guide
- Keep both shoulders touching the ground
- You will feel a stretch in your glute and lower back
- Repeat with other leg
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Quad and Hip Flexor Stretch
- Kneel on the ground in a lunge position
- Slowly move your hips forward while keeping your upper body straight
- You will feel the stretch in your hip flexor and quad
- Repeat with other leg
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Glute and Hip Stretch
- Sit with the soles of your feet flat on the ground and your knees bent and pointed up
- Take your left leg and cross it on your right leg so your ankle is near the top of your knee
- Using your arms on the ground behind you as a brace, slowly push your upper body up toward your leg
- You will feel the stretch in your glute and hip
- Repeat with other leg
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Calf Stretch – Soleus
- Stand tall with one leg in front of the other, hand flat and at shoulder height against a wall
- Using your knee, slowly lower your body so that your body weight is being applied to your rear foot
- Keep your hips facing the wall and the rear leg and spine in a straight line
- You will feel the stretch in the lower calf of the rear leg
- Repeat with the other leg
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Calf Stretch - Gastroc
- Stand tall with one leg in front of the other, hands flat and at shoulder height against a wall
- Ease your back leg further away from the wall, keeping it straight and pressing the heel firmly into the floor
- Keep your hips facing the wall and the rear leg and spine in a straight line
- You will feel the stretch in the main and upper parts of the calf of the rear leg
- Repeat with the other leg
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Hamstring Stretch
- Using a hurdle or wall (as shown), place one leg up on the hurdle
- Keeping your leg straight, slowly reach out toward your toes
- Slowly try to take your nose all the way down to your knee
- Hold for several seconds
- You will feel the stretch in your hamstring
- Repeat with other leg
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Quad Stretch
- Balance yourself against a wall or a stable object
- Bring your right foot up behind you, holding it up with one or both hands
- Slowly pull back on your leg while keeping your upper body upright
- You will feel the stretch in your quad
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Shoulder Stretch
- Stand tall, feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent
- Place your right arm parallel with the ground across the front of your chest
- Bend the left arm up and use the left forearm to ease the right arm closer to you chest
- You will feel the stretch in the shoulder
- Repeat with the other arm
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Tricep and Side Stretch
- Stand straight and tall
- Raise both arms above your head
- Hold your right elbow and lightly pull
- Lean slightly to your left
- You will feel a stretch in your right tricep and right side
- Repeat with other arm
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Tricep and Side Stretch (from the back)
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