This video shows the 10 minute yoga routine stretches the front and back of your legs targeting hip flexors and hamstrings. The stretches are dancer pose, down dog with leg lift, flip dog, high lunge with side stretch, low lunge with quad stretch, and bow pose. Click this link to find out more about hip flexor and hamstring injury.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Hip Flexor, Rectus Femoris, Quad Stretches For Jumper’s Knee Prevention
This video shows several good stretches for the hip flexor and quad muscle. These are two muscle groups that athletes often injure various sports. Click on link to learn more about muscle pulls or to learn about a hip flexor injury treatment.
Relieves Low Back Stiffness With Hip Flexor Stretching
Physical therapist, Chantal Donnelly, explains how to improve low back stiffness and back pain with hip flexor stretching. She also teaches you an alternative way to release the hip flexor muscles using a body rolling ball. These are good ways to heal a muscle pull.
Women Fitness – How To Build Strength And Flexibility In The Hip Flexor
The Kinetic Bands Dynamic Kinetic Stretch is great for working the Hips and Hip Flexor. To keep the joints moving and strengthening and to prevent injuries and muscle pull later on specially osteoporosis for women.
What Is A Pulled Hamstring? | Pulling A Hamstring
Learn what a pulled hamstring is in this visual depiction of what occurs in the body when you injured your hamstring. Watch as muscle tears in this animation put together by About.com. Learn more about hamstring injury treatment.
Pulling Your Hamstring During A Sprint
Watch as this sprinter grabs his right hamstring at the end of a 55M race. Anyone who has torn or pulled a hamstring knows how painful this can be. Worse yet if not treated correctly on the first occurrence, it can lead to lingering problems that can turn into a chronic hamstring injury. Rest and ice are not the best answer to speed recovery and prevent scar tissue from forming. Learn about various hamstring treatment options.
Sports Massage For Hamstring Injuries
Hamstring injuries are common in runners and track athletes. Learn how to do sports massage therapy for pulled hamstrings in this massage video lesson for massage therapists and athletes. Visit hamstring pull prevention to learn other things you can do to prevent a pulled hamstring.
Hamstring Injury – " Common Sports Injuries "
This video discusses the Hamstring Injury or a pulled hamstring, one of the common sports injuries and leg injuries. The hamstring injury is a strain or a tear to the back of the upper leg muscles. Difficulty of squatting and sitting are common symptoms. Treatment includes rest and strengthening the hip and trunk. Click this link to know what are the treatments of pulled muscles.
View Do: How To Wrap A Sprained Ankle
Learn how to properly wrap a sprained ankle with a compression wrap. Click this link to learn also what are the ankle sprain treatment and therapies.
Clavicle Fracture (Collar bone) – " Common Sports Injuries "
This video discusses the Clavicle Fracture or the broken collar bone, one of the common sports injuries. A clavicle fracture or a broken collar bone is one of the common shoulder injuries and is caused by landing directly on the shoulder. Surgery is required if the bone is displaced. Rehab is difficult because it involves strengthening the entire shoulder. Learn more about how do muscle pulls heal.