We started the 6-week Sedentary to Supple mobility challenge with Hip, Knee & ankle Mobility
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Until you start working on it. Multiple studies discuss the optimal ways to stretch it, from dynamic, to passive, using proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.
The best one is the one you actually do (and not only save for later).
Consistently.
Poor hamstring flexibility has been associated with injuries to the lower back, knee pain, and posture.
Interestingly, tight hamstrings are a sign of inflexibility, but they could actually indicate that the muscles themselves are weak or underutilized. When your hamstrings are faced with a challenging task, they need to tense up and they may stay tight and sore after the activity.
You may also compensate for weak hamstrings by relying on the quadriceps.
This muscular imbalance can pull on the knee and lead to pain in the front of the knee (patellofemoral pain syndrome).
This is what I do to stretch mine.
Start slowly and work your way up.
To be able to touch your toes & have legs fully straight, implement these 3:
1.Dynamic warm-ups
2.Stretching
3.Foam rolling
of your hammies, calves & glutes.
Postponing it because it’s uncomfortable still doesn’t solve the thing.
We have 11 sessions left till the end of the Live mobility challenge.
Can´t wait to see results of all of you who joined!
Is your only wrist movement, mouse clicking?
I´ll tell you my story. At the age of 15 I broke both of my arms at the same time. I fell on the snow taking a shortcut and landed on my palms.
I was never really too sporty or interested in mobility.
Until I discovered what it can do for me.
The wrist is one of the most underappreciated parts of the body. So is its mobility.
An absence of wrist mobility can also make your body to overcompensate in other places, like your elbow or shoulder joint.
If you´re strength training or doing down dogs, you might have noticed that the grip strength and sore wrists are the reasons for collapsing in the movement.
As we age grip strength tends to decline. It´s also a reliable indicator for cardiovascular issues, cognitive changes, mortality etc.
Practicing wrist & finger mobility is something you can do while reading this.
Especially if you´re a guitarist, pianist, painter or suffer from arthritis.
You will want to be able to open a jar without help when you're 80.
Act now.
Thanks for making it to the end :)
Cheers from Portugal,
Kat ✌️