Sitting Hamtring Stretch

Teaching Points

• Sit on the floor with both legs straight
  
  
• Keep your back straight as you lean forwards through the hips
  
  
• Hold for between 10 and 30 seconds

Variations

• Have the legs at a 45 degree angle
  
  
• Standing hamstring stretch

Muscles Stretched

• Biceps Femoris
  
  
• Semimembranosus
  
  
• Semitendinosus

Related Injuries

• Hamstring strain
  
  
• Hamstring tendinitis
  
  
• Contusion