Gluteus Maximus Stretch

Teaching Points

• Lay on the floor on your back
  
  
• Pull your bent knee up towards the opposite shoulder
  
  
• Hold for between 10 and 30 seconds

Variations

• Perform sitting and leaning back on the other hand

Muscles Stretched

• Gluteus Maximus

Related Injuries

• Trigger points in the gluteal muscles
  
  
• Piriformis syndrome