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Hamstring Stretch - supine

Muscles Stretched: gastroc, glutes, biceps femoris, semitendinosus (hamstrings), adductor magnus.

Description

1. Lie on your back with your legs out.
2. Raise the leg to be stretched with the knee slightly bent.
3. Grasp the calf or thigh and gently pull the upper leg toward your body.
4. Get to the point of a mild stretch and hold.
5. Repeat for each leg.
   

Notes

• There are several different stretching exercises for the hamstrings, see also hamstring stretch standing and sitting.

Related Pages

• Description of the hamstring muscle group
• See stretching guidelines for further instructions
• Complete stretching list
• why Spider-Man?
• See also tests to Measure Flexibility
• See all flexibility images in the Stretching Exercises Clipart Image Collection

Related Products

• treatment for hamstring muscle tears
• Goniometers to measure flexibility.
• stretching books

Disclaimer

The above information is presented as a general guide. The author nor publisher take no responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, action or application of medication based on this information. See more: Disclaimer.

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