In this week’s episode of Your Health Matters, I share a question that a patient recently asked me. They asked how they can improve their hamstring flexibility so they can touch their head to their knees in a forward fold with their legs completely straight. You will learn tips to improve your flexibility and how to understand your flexibility better. In this episode we discuss: [0:20] Introduction [0:53] Your reason for your movement [1:48] What you need to know about flexibility[4:06] What we think is going on when changing our muscle[6:40] Static vs. Dynamic stretching [10:08] Stretching to decrease injuries [10:50] Contracting your muscles before stretching it[11:53] ConclusionThanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and learned a lot from it, please subscribe and rate! See you next week! Follow me on Instagram and Facebook @drjackiefenton.
