Laying Quadriceps Stretch

Teaching Points

• Lay on your front and pull one foot up to meet your buttocks
  
  
• Hold for between 10 and 30 seconds

Variations

• Wrap a towel around the ankle and pull the ends to increase the stretch
  
  
• Standing Quadriceps Stretch

Muscles Stretched

• Rectus Femoris
  
  
• Vastus Medialis
  
  
• Vastus Lateralis
  
  
• Vastus Intermedius

Related Injuries

• Thigh strain
  
  
• Contusion
  
  
• Patella Tendonitis