Find out how to stretch your hamstrings properly to prevent and ease injuries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Want to know how ...

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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 ...

These hamstring moves will leave you strong, flexible, and injury-free.

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Tight hamstrings can feel like a stiffness or lack of mobility in the back of your thigh. Running and lifting weights can cause hamstring injuries so it's important to stretch before. Massage and ...

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Various exercises may reduce tight hamstrings and lower the risk of injury. People can do hamstring stretches sitting on a chair, lying down, against a wall, and more. People who participate in sports ...

The hamstrings are an important 2-joint muscle that acts at both the hip and knee during running. Since they are a powerful hip extensor, they play a major role in propelling the body forward with ...

If you’re going to run a lot, you need to be equally committed to your recovery to avoid injury and burnout. That’s something I’ve learned, sometimes the hard way, over the past decade of running.