That fact that this guy 1) knows what he’s talking about, 2) has useful and thoughtful suggestions to fix problems, and 3 explains it all clearly and concisely, has me almost crying tears of relief. I didn’t think content of this calibre on this topic existed on KZbin. I think these exercises could finally help me overcome the pain I’ve been having for almost 2 years. Thank you!!!!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Glad to help, Jake. I really hope you find some relief. Good luck with it. Thanks for the lovely comment. 🙏🙏🙏
@TerraFyah10 ай бұрын
Have the exercises helped? x
@gloriae231310 ай бұрын
Yes. Not only is he knowledgeable he also explains clearly. Thank you for the video.
@G4mer_D4d9 ай бұрын
I prefer to pull back off heels with rest of foot up and relaxed but present, when bridging. Bridging is from yoga and that's how yogis do it.
@MNCPMSteve4 ай бұрын
Agree 💯. I feel amazing knowing I've not paid $40 to some twit that doesn't nail it in factual fashion and delivered with such clear narrative. Legend of the month!!
@annissagraves3076 Жыл бұрын
For years I had yoga teachers look at me and say, “your hamstrings are tight” or “were you a dancer?” But never offer any solutions. This is my answer!!! Thank you so much!!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
No worries. Hope it helps!
@channel4427710 ай бұрын
Been researching tight hamstrings for years, this video highlights aspects I've never come across so in other words this man is the best
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@my10is10 ай бұрын
100% agree with these… recently started going to physio and she gave me all of these 4 exercises over a period of 3 weeks… for the first time in almost 20yrs I can now touch my toes… I’m thrilled with the result over being able to do something so simple
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
🙌
@abualhassan50144 ай бұрын
you do each of these 4 DAILY?? like 2 time each side for 10 second all 4 exercises
@baxter987 Жыл бұрын
Omg. I've had this issue for 3 years and I've watched every fitness video on it on KZbin. I can name every single Fitnesstuber, I've watched them all. NOTHING helped. Every month I would give it a new try to fix the issue, because it is inhibiting my workout. Today, I came back from the chiropractor with no sign of fixing this issue. On a whim, I just opened KZbin and this video came up and thank god for it. It turns out, I've been dealing with #2 and #3 gives me incredibly tight sensations that I haven't felt before too. Hopefully I can finally fix it. Thank you so much for making this video!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
No worries, Baxter. Good luck with it!
@FlamingFlakes011 ай бұрын
@baxter987 update?
@elify__ Жыл бұрын
This is probably the best video I have watched about tight hamstrings. Thank you for in-depth explanation and providing solutions🙌
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@johnfitbyfaithnet5 ай бұрын
Agreed, it's very good
@syoung4724 Жыл бұрын
I have 3 of the 4 issues. Thank you for your advise. This is the best video I've seen. Most of the videos tell me to do the basic hamstring stretches. This video is specific and detailed. Especially #2. I tried #2 and felt the tension immediately subside when I raised my head. Again...thank you thank you thank you!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
So glad it helped!🙌
@handsup90 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I've been trying to stretch out my hamstrings for a few years now with no significant progress. I've been feeling improvements with just a few sessions of these exercises. Also your explanation made me realise the underlying issues rather than just the surface level hamstring tightness
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to help. Thank you very much for the Super Thanks, that's very kind of you!!
@Bullshotreturns8 ай бұрын
Never got a convincing solution from PTs. Other videos are just basic strategies. Far and away the best explanation I’ve seen with really targeted stretches. Thank you
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Glad to help! 👍🙌
@MD-jr4qc Жыл бұрын
I just started working out in the gym after suffering with years of hip bursitis. everyone I train glutes the next few days my hamstrings are so so tight. I can tell that my hammies are taking over because my glutes are weak and my hip injury. Everything you said makes so much sense
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you've got it sussed. Well done!
@bleev96 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing these exercises about nerve tension! Your video has really highlighted other work I can do to recover from a hamstring injury
@BodyFixExercises6 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@34SideWinder10 ай бұрын
Dude! I have always been comically unable to do any common hamstring stretch, even as a college athlete. The pain was always intense and right behind my knee. Traditional stretches simply hurt, while watching my friends bending in half casually. This video gave me hope. Thank you!
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
Good luck!
@davidsonbrothersusa56279 ай бұрын
Hey! This my story 😂
@idukulawson12962 ай бұрын
Any update after performing the exercises
@34SideWinder2 ай бұрын
@@idukulawson1296 thanks for checking. I definitely felt improvements when I was diligent. But alas life got in the way with a 1 and 3 year old and I fell off the stretching bandwagon. But you have inspired me to go again!
@jasangrey672910 ай бұрын
Incredibly helpful. I have 1,2 and 4. Can't wait to use these stretches. Just can't believe how helpful this is.
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
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@Mike_E._Kicks Жыл бұрын
Hey, I really appreciate you taking the time to make this video. My left hamstring acts up on days like today, I dug a trench. The exercise @ 2:25 worked GREAT! I noticed a BIG difference when I started the 2nd set. I was surprised really, haha. On the 4th set I realized I got my flexibility back. This is amazing. You gave me the answer for every time it acts up now.. I'm still in awe. Thank you.
@ChiefDirtyBird Жыл бұрын
100% believe my mid back and hammies is nerve issues. Thanks so much for this content. Gives me atleast a starting point to fixing 20yrs of back pain. Massage therapist, Drs, all cringe and say no idea what it could be, when i have them press finger on spot on my back and my entire body clenchs and im in pain until finger is released from spot on my back.
@Steveness100 Жыл бұрын
I think running too fast too early (just getting back into running)
@CPerry-ld9ko11 ай бұрын
Waited years for hip replacement surgery so muscles are out of alignment. Some days can barely walk due to hamstring tightness! Excellent explanation and demo!
@Confusione_Infinito_Absurdum11 ай бұрын
Number 4 is a huge help! Thank you.
@danielyoung633 Жыл бұрын
Criminally under viewed video my man, great content!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@johnprivate6625 Жыл бұрын
None of the professionals I have seen over 40 years have mentioned any of these solutions, none have even acknowledged the issues I have described as real.
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Good luck with it John!
@Kiko6Kiko8 ай бұрын
This is probably the best video on KZbin on tight hamstrings. Everything makes sense and im glad you also provided how to address it in every case. Thank you
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!🙌
@olegworker52426 ай бұрын
It's pleasant to listen an expert! Guy is really cool
@BodyFixExercises6 ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@DrifterSpirit97 ай бұрын
Many of the channels have pretty much the same approaches but this man here has some great toughtfull tips that actually help a lot.Thank you good man!
@BodyFixExercises7 ай бұрын
Glad to help!
@antoniorinaldiamadei49688 ай бұрын
surely the best video i found about tight hamstring and their postural aftermath, congratulations!! great job.
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏
@canebro110 ай бұрын
Thank you! And great pacing on the video; slow enough I could follow along but not a 40 minute slogger that I am skimming.
@Chris-hp1wy9 ай бұрын
I hope you write a book on all the stuff you've posted, Stefan, it would be great. Thanks for helping people amigo
@BodyFixExercises9 ай бұрын
Maybe one day Chris!
@nondualcafe7 ай бұрын
I’ve had painful hips and walking and leg pain for weeks. This vid just fixed some of it! Thanks so much for the tips. Wouldn’t have thought it was hip and hamstring related 🙏
@BodyFixExercises7 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@IceTTToy8 ай бұрын
Wow, incredibly informative and helpful, all in just 6 minutes! The video demonstrations were excellent, showing both how to avoid the wrong way and the correct way to do the exercises. Thank you!
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
You're very welcome! 🙌💥
@mikedinadis265411 ай бұрын
Great info , Thanks for the examples how to recognize what the problem is, and the stretches on how to fix the problem.
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
You are welcome!👍
@andyrony18 ай бұрын
Best video on hamstring injury Thank you doc!!
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@cherylwillingham49552 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! The ball stretch helped me so much. Two days of gardening, bending and weeding my glutes and hamstrings were so nervy and painful. I not only moved the ball along the length of the my leg also side to side. Felt the release as I moved closer to the underside of my knee.
@BodyFixExercises2 ай бұрын
Great job!
@melisaskenderovic480511 ай бұрын
I am trying these methods out starting tomorrow! I have been doing karate for all my life and have always been super flexible with my high kicks, but for the last two years my hamstrings got insanely tight to the point where I can't properly perform my kicks anymore. It makes me so sad and frustrated that sometimes it makes me cry... Thank you so much for the detailed explanation, I hope that these will finally fix my problem..
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
You got this!
@cooganbeggs4942 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this. Its much appreciated by all 💪
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@The732758 ай бұрын
Bravo Sir, an excellent instructional video.
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@Andriej692 ай бұрын
I think the last solution is exactly what I need, I've been doing the stretch wrong
@maxameddiiriye-uw1gi11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your helping dear teacher
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
It's my pleasure
@sullivan19529 ай бұрын
Hi from the UK, I want to echo all the positive comments, great job,well done you and thank you
@BodyFixExercises9 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@davidworks77589 ай бұрын
You are fantastic, best on KZbin! thank you so much!
@BodyFixExercises9 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@wll67779 ай бұрын
Such an informative video! I’ve been doing it wrong. Thank so much for uploading it!
@BodyFixExercises9 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@marcbouchard1488 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Will try these out
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Good luck with it!
@alfredfi88336 ай бұрын
Fantastic video expertly explained thanks😊
@BodyFixExercises6 ай бұрын
So nice of you
@NuclearTuna20188 ай бұрын
Thank you, #2 cleared a pain in my foot immediately. Thought it was something I was going to have to live with from a fracture years ago.
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!🙌
@livaugirard33835 ай бұрын
Very helpful indeed!! Many many videos out there,this one really stands out🙌
@BodyFixExercises5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Very nice of you🙏🙏🙏
@dairic Жыл бұрын
Clearly explained and effective. Thank you :)
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@OscarGonzalez-vg3cp7 ай бұрын
Thanks, Stefan. This video is exactly what I needed, my super stiff hamstring , I will do in my vacation. I will fallow your suggestions. Thanks again. Happy new year 2024. Oscar , Canada
@BodyFixExercises7 ай бұрын
Hope it helps, Oscar!
@LuckyBartlett11 ай бұрын
Amazing content! Thank you so much!!!
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@Guybrush9910 ай бұрын
Had tight hamstrings all my life Never seen this perspective to fix them. Will be trying these out today.
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
👍 good luck with it
@peterjohn88110 ай бұрын
Really good explanations, thank you.
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
@miketomkins51718 ай бұрын
This.ia a great video, thank you, i've used all these exercises nefore but possibly done them incorrectly, ill try all 4 every day and see how I feel in 4-6 weeks
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Good on you 👍👍👍
@rebeccabrockway5810 Жыл бұрын
As someone with EDS, I am grateful for this alternative information!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Hope it helps
@alancook95864 ай бұрын
Very clear explanation. Excellent exercises. I’m feeling the benefit within a week.
@BodyFixExercises4 ай бұрын
Great to hear!🙌
@Tomzzzzzz7 ай бұрын
Interesting point on #1 about moving your feet forward. I was also told by my physical therapist to always engage my core before imitating the bridge position. This seems to accentuate the glutes more.
@seaxviking95459 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience, highly appreciated! Health is wealth, God bless you! 🙏
@BodyFixExercises9 ай бұрын
👍🙏
@briancerreta520717 күн бұрын
Educational...unfortunately I can't even remotely get into the positions described in #3!
@etherealecstasy5 ай бұрын
This video is gold. Thank you for sharing ❤
@jape94553 ай бұрын
I'm def going try these, thanks!
@BodyFixExercises3 ай бұрын
Please do!
@sneakyknifer248510 ай бұрын
(Never touched my toes before, all my life) Stretched everyday trying touch my toes and never could as i wake up back to beginning again. This made me realise i have neural tension. Thankyou
@miltjr717210 ай бұрын
I’ve never been able to touch my hamstrings either. Hopefully practicing these exercises changes all that
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
Good luck with it!
@matheuskelson3 ай бұрын
Excellent video, very educational!
@BodyFixExercises3 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@SandwichesRule11 ай бұрын
Great info , thank you!!!
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
No worries!
@robbied589811 ай бұрын
I’ve been stretching my hamstrings forever with no change. But after trying ur stretch at the end I now realise I have never stretched my hamstrings 😂
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
🤣
@alexanderapollo217711 ай бұрын
I did the three tests and i definitely failed each one😂 I had no idea to point my toes . Thank you, you can feel the difference." I hope this does after a while..
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
Good luck!
@olafhirczy2235 Жыл бұрын
great video. well done
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@williambudiman5930 Жыл бұрын
Wow finally i get what's wrong with my leg pain
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Awesome!!
@Throa9810 ай бұрын
That neural tension one was uncanny. Had "tight" hammies my whole life, turns out, it's probably got a lot to do with neural tension. (I'm sure there's other factors too) but this definitely surprised me
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
👍
@AdrianMcGavock Жыл бұрын
another quality instructional video... plain, simple, clear (unlike majority of other advice on yt!) Thanks and well done 👍
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Thanks Adrian! 🙏🙏🙏
@elenaperez63277 ай бұрын
Thanks for this grate video my hamstrings are so tight, my calves too! Do you have a video on tight calves too? I've been absent on your channel lately but wow, I see this video has 12k likes!!! Congratulations!!!
@BodyFixExercises7 ай бұрын
Hey Elena! I've got a video on Achilles but not calf tightness sorry
@elenaperez63277 ай бұрын
@@BodyFixExercises thank you, I will check it out!
@ahmedelmezayen584410 ай бұрын
best video in the internet about tight hamstring
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏 cheers
@gayefairbairn297910 ай бұрын
This looks amazing. I will try
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
Good luck with it!
@betterphysicaltherapy11 ай бұрын
From a physio, great video with good insights and explanation.
@BodyFixExercises10 ай бұрын
Cheers BPT! 🙏
@jolemoine140724 күн бұрын
That tennis ball trick is magic!!!
@BodyFixExercises22 күн бұрын
🙌
@christosandreev63924 ай бұрын
I have a disc hernia in L5S1. All this time I thought my lack of hamstring flexibility was coming from having too tight hamstrings and too little flexibility. Just did the chair test and realised that it is indeed a nerve problem and not a lack of flexibility
@BodyFixExercises4 ай бұрын
can be hard to tell the difference without testing it
@ccam504 Жыл бұрын
The other podcasts stretching exercises have really helped with certain issues and will do these too for tight hamstrings . Thanks !!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Great to hear! No worries!
@Gillibrand653 ай бұрын
Amazing video, great advice
@BodyFixExercises3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it,!
@SibylleLeon Жыл бұрын
This is incredible. I actually think I have all four of these problems. Gonna do these exercises and see how I feel. Thank you ❤
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@RawandCookedVegan5 ай бұрын
Great information. Thank you sir.
@BodyFixExercises5 ай бұрын
Very welcome!
@IIISentorIII9 ай бұрын
You should listen to this guy. *He looks healthy*
@BodyFixExercises9 ай бұрын
😉
@valentindupuis372 Жыл бұрын
amazing thank you
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@rebekah800110 ай бұрын
I have the biggest problem with #2, I am in my second trimester of my first pregnancy so I wonder if that is the most contributing factor. Before getting pregnant I felt much more stretchy, but i recently realized some things are more painful than normal and my lower back hurts when I squat anything as heavy as my own bodyweight. I'm hoping that is all that's going on.
@lizzyagatha11 ай бұрын
very useful, thank you
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
@samgal63642 ай бұрын
Could be a 5th reason about weak hip rotators as well? Weak lumbar muscles has any effect on it?
@RecognitioNn3745 ай бұрын
Thanks for the explanatory video! For example: if I don't feel any cramps on my hamstrings during the glute test, do I still need to do glute exercise? Same question goes for all of the 4 exercises you mentioned 😅
@BodyFixExercises5 ай бұрын
Yes you do
@Bullshotreturns8 ай бұрын
Thanks
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
Hey! Thank you very much for the Super Thanks! 🙏Very generous!
@user-ud9su7qn1xАй бұрын
Thank you Thank you Thank you , I have all the three issues , i dont know about 4 th one . Should we hold the strech and do dynamic like you showed .
@revsteeltoe11 ай бұрын
Oooooh, this part at 4:31 is helpful to me.
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@georgenatsis4481 Жыл бұрын
You are the best 👌!
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Cheers George!!
@maciejprzerwa32833 ай бұрын
thank you!
@BodyFixExercises3 ай бұрын
You're welcome!🙌
@HeinMeling11 ай бұрын
Would be great if there was a follow-along video for these exercises… I find it easier to actually do them and remember them if there I can follow along when a teacher does them.
@colinsmith1288 Жыл бұрын
I pulled a hamstring 28 years ago behind the knee and sometimes get sciatic nerve irritation as it is at times very tight. Is the nerve flossing exercise good for release of the adhesions in the lower hamstring? Great video by the way.
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Yes, flossing can great great for that. Always start gently
@Howto-cg6yk11 ай бұрын
Hi ,great content.i cant bend my knees over 90 degrees. Knee shape looks also unusual ,a general practitioner said that could be hamstring, it just doesn't feel right
@zina65818 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
@BodyFixExercises8 ай бұрын
No problem!!
@Steveness100 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant - I’ll be trying these tonight! What about using a theraband to activate the glutes?
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
Yep you could do that too
@adamvr178511 ай бұрын
I've had tight hamstring for I think 8 months now but only in my left leg, my right leg is completely fine, if I sit and stretch either of my legs I still feel the pain only in my left hamstring
@BodyFixExercises11 ай бұрын
Could be hamstring tendinopathy if it hangs around that long
@lloydkennedy74335 ай бұрын
I've been suffering Achilles Tendonitus type pain for 2 years now, hopefully this might help me. I suspect I have shortened calf muscles due to sciatica/ruptured disc years ago. My heal doesn't touch the floor for a while in the mornings.
@BodyFixExercises5 ай бұрын
Definitely sounds short
@nikoheinonen78159 ай бұрын
Can you have multiple of these at same time?
@BodyFixExercises9 ай бұрын
Yes
@CarlYota9 ай бұрын
Dang. I’ve always had laughably poor hamstring flexibility. If I keep my spine extended I can barely touch my knees. I feel the stretch behind my knees and calves, which I never thought about until you pointed this out. Doesn’t seem like it’s coming from the hamstrings at all. Going to work on the nerve flossing and see if that helps.
@allvalley6 ай бұрын
you are my new hero
@BodyFixExercises6 ай бұрын
😆✌️💪
@NeverGiveUp-ib3xbАй бұрын
Me too Jake Levi...
@himechin.10 ай бұрын
I might have all 4 of em (Not sure) I felt a tear-ish feeling 3 years ago while sprinting full power, since then that feeling has come back like once half a year when I force my left hamstring a bit too much and then it takes a lot of time for it to heal moderately back. Are my hamstrings just weak?
@MindofMakulu Жыл бұрын
Can you do a high hip realignment video?
@BodyFixExercises Жыл бұрын
High hip? The actual hip, or the pelvis? I don't quite get you. Like when one side of your pelvis sits higher than the other side?
@angelacontter74017 ай бұрын
I really liketo thank you for your guidance, it is so well explained. My thigh doesn't hurt at the back of the thigh but at the front of the thigh, so can I do these exercises?
@BodyFixExercises7 ай бұрын
It depends where it hurts. (If it's down the bottom of the thigh, above the knee it could be Quadriceps Tendinopathy. I have a video on that)
@arumaru09792 ай бұрын
I usually don’t comment but thanks man. I was also wondering if you have another stretch example for stretching the muscle instead of the nerve?
@BodyFixExercisesАй бұрын
A 'Single Leg RDL' is a wonderful option. Without weights. Because it uses eccentric stretching
@hspnew3 ай бұрын
Excellent
@BodyFixExercises3 ай бұрын
Thanks
@simonmanning184410 ай бұрын
Most pain comes from hip lateral imbalances that put the lumbar spine in shear. The classic is the hip hike syndrome. So many people suffer from it and it is ridiculously difficult to fix.
@hkslug809 ай бұрын
Why is the slump stretch in 2) only used as a test and not as the actual nerve flossing exercise? I only ask because it is far easier for me to perform something in a seated position than on my back.