| Calf Stretch
- Stand with your feet pointed forward
- Keep your heels down and back leg
straight. - Slowly bend the front leg until you feel
a gentle upper calf stretch in the back leg.
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| Heel Stretch
- Stand with your feet pointed forward and
heels down. - Slowly bend the back leg until you feel
a lower calf or heel stretch along that leg.
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| Toe Drag (Tibialis Anterior)
- Take a step forward.
- With the back foot, drag your toes along
the ground and hold in that position until you feel a stretch.
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| Standing Quad Stretch
- Stand with one hand on an object to
balance. - Bend the knee you want to stretch until
you can hold onto the ankle with your hand. - Gently pull up and back until you feel a
stretch in the front of the thigh.
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| Kneeling Stretch (hip)
- Kneel on the leg that you're going to
stretch. - Squeeze your buttocks, and shift your
hips forward until you feel a stretch along the front of your thigh. - Don't lean over or twist your hips.
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| Hamstring Stretch
- Sit with one leg straight and the other
leg bent out to the side. - Slowly lean forward with your chest
until you feel a stretch along the back of your thigh. - Keep your back straight.
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| Standing IT Band
- Stand next to the wall with the leg you
want to stretch closest to the wall and arm straight out. - Cross the outside leg over and lean your
hip into the wall keeping your arm straight.
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| Cross-Over (outer hip)
- Lie on your back and cross one knee over
your other leg. - With the opposite hand, pull the knee up
and over toward the opposite shoulder, until you feel an outer hip stretch. - Keep your foot flat on the ground.
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| Figure four (outer hip)
- Lie on your back with one leg flexed up
at the hip and bent 90o at the knee. Use your other leg to keep the position. - Place hands around the opposite leg and
pull up and over toward the opposite shoulder. Hold when you feel and outer hip stretch.
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| Cat (mid back and low back)
- Kneel on your hands and knees.
- Slowly arch your back up toward the
ceiling. Hold when you feel a stretch in your mid and low back.
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| Butterfly (inner thigh)
- Sit with your back straight and knees
bent. - Place the soles of your feet together.
- Drop your knees toward the floor, until
you feel a stretch along the inside of your thighs.
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| Knees to Chest
- Lay on your back.
- Bend both knees and bring them up
towards your chest. - With your hands around your thighs,
gently pull your knees up further.
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