A complete stretching routine

Good stuff RDJ, thanks.

 

hmmmmmm idea.

 

The second coming..

 

I had problems with tight Iliotibial Bands (also tight hamstrings and weak hamstrings compared to quads) that cause knee pain a few years back.

The Physical Therapist made me do some insane pretzel stretch that I never really figured out what I was supposed to be doing. It sort of looked like this but I was laying on my stomach the way they had me do it:

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I ended up finding a much easier version and use this one when I do it:

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Im not sure but do the "Hip abductors" stretch RDJ has cover the same thing?



My knees are a lot better now and dont get bothered from jogging on the treadmill. My right knee still gets bothered in long car rides or at long movies when I have to be in a sitting position for a few hours and cant stretch out the knee. My ligaments are all kosher, it has to do with my muscles being tight.

 

This is a very good thread and has covered it very well. In our gym we do a 15 minute stretch after 15 minutes skipping or shadow to warm up, then we do a shorter cool down stretch at the end. Made a good first impression of the gym compared to the one I used to go to where you basically just came in and done your own thing. I hope most other gyms demonstrate proper warming up, stretching and cooling down.