These expert-backed stretches will loosen tight hamstrings and protect your lower back. “The reason to stretch your hamstrings is to keep your hips and lower back moving freely,” explains James Brady, ...

Whether you're moving your knees or your hips, the hamstrings are essential. Regularly put to work (whether running, walking or jumping) during and after sports sessions, taking the time to stretch ...

Hamstring tightness occurs when the muscles on the back of the thighs become shortened due to injury, sitting for long ...

Samira Mustafaeva, founder of stretching class SM Stretching, believes that the straight leg hamstring stretch is the best hamstring stretch of all. When we’re stretching, we tend to target our own ...

Tight hamstrings are an incredibly common complaint among runners, whether they spend their time at a local parkrun, are getting ready for their next 10k race or training for a marathon. Actually ...

Unlock the full potential of your flexibility with our "How to Yoga Hip Opener Hamstring Stretch" video. Perfect for all ages ...

Natalia Perez-Segnini is a NASM-certified personal trainer, a yoga instructor, a breathwork practitioner and a trauma-informed specialist. As a head coach at Tone House—a premier athletic-based ...

Stretches for people who sit all day from a physiotherapist. Discover the stretching routine that will ease discomfort from a ...

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Touching your toes takes hamstring flexibility. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Reaching down to the ground to touch your toes can feel very satisfying. It’s an ...

Whatever your fitness regimen, one thing you probably don't want to be skipping is quad stretches. Perhaps you sit all day (just us?), or, at the other end of the spectrum, you're used to exerting ...