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Unlock Your Tight Hamstrings: The Benefits of Stretching for Improved Flexibility

Writer's picture: Julian SimpsonJulian Simpson

Updated: Jun 19, 2024

Unlock Your Tight Hamstrings: The Benefits of Stretching for Improved Flexibility


The hamstrings are a big muscle group that flex the knee joint and extend the hip


Tight Hamstring? Will Stretching help?
Tight Hamstring? Will Stretching help?

This helps our body walk, run and climb


Tight hamstrings can be caused by sitting too long ( remember from our other blog, we should aim for less than 6 hours a day ), hamstring curl exercises, sports like soccer and tennis, and poor posture.


Research looked into how long you should stretch to improve the hamstring muscle


A 30-second duration is an effective amount of time to increase the range of motion of the hamstring muscle


NO increase in flexibility occurred when the duration was doubled from 30 to 60 seconds. NO improvements were seen when the frequency was increased from one to three times per day.




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Reference

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. 1997 Oct;77(10):1090-6. doi: 10.1093/ptj/77.10.1090.

The effect of time and frequency of static stretching on flexibility of the hamstring muscles

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