Yoga is also a great way to stretch your hamstrings, hip flexors and lower back. Go a little bit higher each time until you can fully straighten your legs! Raise your butt and try to straighten your legs.

Slowly move your butt up with your hands remaining under your feet.

MOON THE SKY: Squat down and put your hands under your feet. Then reach down with one hand to your opposite leg hold for five seconds, back to start, and repeat with the other leg. STAR STRETCH: Stand with your legs spread wide and arms extended. Repeat this process every other day and hold it for 30 seconds.ĬAT/COW: We can loosen up a tight lower back by doing 30 seconds of moving back and forth every few seconds with “cat” and then “cow.” STANDING TOUCH: Flex the front of your legs, keep them straight, and bend over at the waist just past the point of discomfort hold that position for 30 seconds. Any combination of these stretches will help you improve your flexibility as long as you consistently work on it a tiny bit every day: Since you can’t do anything about the relative length of your arms and your torso to your legs, we suggest stretching out your hamstrings instead! Here are four stretches to get your started. If you have an arched or a stiff back or a lot of injuries to your spine that inhibit your ability to bend forward, that could also alter how far down you can reach. In conjunction with that, Jenkins says, you also have to be able to flex your lumbar spine. When you bend down to actually reach the ground, you have to be able to bend your hip joints forward. The range of motion of your hips is equally important. When you bend down to touch your toes, hamstrings do the most work. Hamstrings are the set of three muscles that rest behind the thighs, running from your pelvis and hip area down to your knees. “But the other big factor is the relative length of your arms and your torso to your legs.” “The two biggest factors are the flexibility of your hamstrings and the range of motion of your hip joints,” says Jeffrey Jenkins, a physiologist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The ability to touch your toes is the summation of a number of different physiological factors, many of which we have no control over. It's a sign that your body is not flexible enough. Generally speaking, if you can't touch your toes,

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