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Static Stretches

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tricep and Side Stretch (from the back)

  • see above description

 

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