How to Relieve Back Pain With a Simple Hamstring Stretch

I’ve noticed a theme in the reactions to the exercise in today’s video. Here’s what three different people said after trying it: “That did the trick. My back feels so much better.”  “That really got in there. My back feels better.” “Wow, that was intense, but my back feels better.” Notice the better-feeling-back theme? The […]

The Double Calf Stretch

Today’s video takes the recent Calf Stretch and Hamstring Assessment videos and combines them into a single ultra-effective exercise for the back line of your body. Your muscles and soft tissue respond  to the position you spend most of your time in by shortening and/or lengthening. This is one of the reasons it’s so important […]

How to Assess and Lengthen Your Short Hamstrings

Your hamstrings are located at the back of your thigh and are made up of three muscles that attach to the bottom of your pelvis at your ischial tuberosities, or sitting bones, and run down the back of your leg to the top of your lower leg. The main movements your hamstrings help with are […]

Turn the Fascia Cat into a Super Hamstring & Calf Stretch

 (This is part two of a three-part series where we break the Fascia Cat Stretch down into its component parts.) In the last video we focused on spinal articulation and looked at how tight legs can block movement of the spine and pelvis. Today I’ll show you an exercise to help with leg tightness by turning […]