Standing Quadriceps Stretch

Teaching Points

• Stand on one leg and pull the other foot up behind your bottom
  
  
• Keep your knees together and push your hips forwards to increase the stretch
  
  
• Hold for between 10 and 30 seconds

Variations

• Laying Quadriceps Stretch

Muscles Stretched

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

Related Injuries

• Thigh strain
  
  
• Contusion
  
  
• Patella Tendonitis