Yoga for HAMSTRING TENDONITIS - 10 min Relief for Hamstring Pain and Chronic Tightness

[@YogawithJoelle]

How do your hamstrings feel after trying this short sequence? It could also be nice to combine it with my 10-minute routine for quadriceps pain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqHWc5KNqa2fjJI Well done! 🌟

[@KnoxCompound]

Hammie’s feel better.🥰 That was great, thank you! It’d be wonderful to have a longer practice that is geared towards people who have a hamstring injury but still want to do a full practice for the rest of the body. It’s hard when you are active everyday to do only 10 minutes of stretching because one part of your body is giving you grief. 😔

[@YogawithJoelle]

I'm so glad this helped, and I know what you mean!!

[@shannonmcginnis4411]

I appreciate that you often show progressions or modifications using the blocks. I can always use even more modifications since I’m new and calves and hamstrings are incredibly tight. Anytime you show how those of us who aren’t flexible should do them to get a benefit, increase flexibility and not hurt ourselves it’s really appreciated. For instance, in forward folds I never know if I should bend my knees or if it’s better to keep them straight and just not go very far. Thanks for your great videos! I’m using more of them and have liked them all so far.

[@YogawithJoelle]

Ah, thank you for the very useful feedback Shannon!! Sometimes I'm not sure whether it's helpful or distracting to show modifications, but I can definitely pay more attention to stressing these types of options for future videos 😉. So glad to hear you're enjoying all the different sequences! And yes, it's always a great option to bend the knees in a forward fold - rather than trying to "prove" anything in terms of flexibility, we can use them as an opportunity to release and let go - meaning, nothing should ever feel forced. Bend away! 🌞

[@yelenagrabko1367]

Super easy stretch that is a challenge for me, THANK YOU!

[@nuttynico]

I just finished one of your sore quad videos as well as this one, thank you! I hope your channel gets more traction it was extremely helpful for my sore legs!

[@YogawithJoelle]

Thanks so much for your kind words! I hope so too! 😃 And great job to you for combining practices to suit your needs!

[@aishwaryadeshpande6797]

Hey Joelle! My hamstrings feel a lot better now!!! Thank you so much for this video!!!! It helped a lot!!!

[@YogawithJoelle]

You're so welcome! ✨

[@same5952]

That was great, thank you!

[@YogawithJoelle]

Fantastic, I hope it is helpful! 🙏

[@juliebulie7587]

Thanks this was very helpful as I strained my hamstring on Sunday. It’s starting to feel better now 😌

[@YogawithJoelle]

Great to hear that it's helping Julie, wishing you a speedy recovery!

[@ceciliamayne1348]

Amazing work. Thank you so much.

[@YogawithJoelle]

Thank you for joining me Cecilia ✨

[@Dubble_Bubble40]

Another great video Joelle! Just what I needed for today!

[@YogawithJoelle]

I'm so glad it was helpful!!

[@pattyblakesley3300]

Very helpful! Thanks!’

[@steverichie1]

Thank you Joelle. Last week I pulled my left hamstring snowboarding. This exercise has been great to lightly move both legs. The legs feels loosened up and I m in less pain.

[@reneerednour3951]

Another wonderful practice. Just trying something a little different. Thanks so much. 😊

[@YogawithJoelle]

You're very welcome! You're doing a wonderful job working your way through so many different practices 😊

[@reneerednour3951]

I like trying all that is offered! So many interesting practices!

[@siminmovahed4270]

I liked this very much! Thank you!

[@YogawithJoelle]

Thank you so much! Glad to hear you enjoyed it

[@lisatuinstra5080]

I’m new to your channel, but loving your videos. You mentioned you tore your hamstring in the past. What did you do to recover? I have a torn hamstring, lumbar disc herniation, SI sprain, and peroneal neuropathy. So far I have had a bilateral epidural. I’m finding walking, and swimming help. As well as your yoga. Thank you so much for these specific yogas. I feel safe doing them. I pick 2 or 3 that are related to my injuries, and always feel comfortable that I’m not causing more injury to myself. Plus, I feel like I’m regaining my flexibility back. My injury was 8 months ago, and the PT I was going to was actually making my pain and systems worse.

[@YogawithJoelle]

Welcome Lisa, very happy to have you with us! So glad you enjoy practicing together, and it's a wonderful idea to pick 2 or 3 practices to combine and suit your needs, that's exactly what I hope people will do with these shorter practices! A torn hamstring is definitely no fun - honestly, it's not what we like hearing, but the best thing to heal it is time, and there's no magical way I'm aware of to speed things up. Depending on the severity of the tear, it's pretty typical for things to take about 6 months to get back to "normal." In the meantime, gentle stretches and strengthening work like in this video are a great thing to try as long as you don't feel like you're pushing into any pain. This will definitely help you feel better as you're healing - and beyond! I hope that helps, look forward to practicing with you again soon.

[@lisatuinstra5080]

Thank you for your reply. I enjoy starting my morning with these stretches, then ending my evenings with your yin yoga sessions.

[@derekwalker815]

Added this one in tonight as Hammys need a bit more attention....hopefully this help with lower back pain

[@YogawithJoelle]

Great job!

[@gmglobal]

Thanks Joelle. I love the combination of strength and flexibility training.

[@YogawithJoelle]

You're so welcome! Have a wonderful day 😊

[@celestiallifecoach5219]

Namaste 🙏🏼 Joelle. This was very helpful thank you. Recommend. Please can I ask if you carried on with your daily practice, when you had your injury?. Also, how long it took to recover. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@YogawithJoelle]

So glad you found it helpful! The "easy" way to tell how long something typically takes to heal is by how many letters are in the name of what it is. So because the hamstring is a "muscle" (6 letters), full healing will usually take 6 months (bone would be 4, ligament would be 8). But of course these are just averages! As to continuing with your daily practice, it depends what that means to you, but if you're dealing with an acute injury, I'd ensure not to overstretch the hamstring and certainly never to push towards anything that feels painful to you.

[@Swapnasyogamysorestyle]

Hi joelle namaste, I follow your videos regularly. When I am in pain ,your videos are really a great relief.Thank you so much and bless you with all happiness 🙏🙏.Is it possible to learn or analyzing the stretches how you are doing for every pain in our body.Is there any training or any way to learn this.Thank you🙂

[@YogawithJoelle]

Hi Swapna, thank you so much for being a channel member! 😃 I'm so happy you're finding relief with consistent practice. I'm not sure the best way to answer your question exactly, but generally speaking, for pain relief we want to look at a nice combination of stretching of the painful area (to release tension) and strengthening of surrounding muscle groups (to protect against future inflammation or injury and to speed up relief) In my case, it hasn't been any one particular training that I can recommend - my primary training is in yoga, and I've also studied mobility, pilates and self-massage to different extents, so I try to mix in what I have found to by most helpful and effective, in the hopes that it can help others. I hope that helps, questions are always welcome! 🌟

[@Swapnasyogamysorestyle]

@@YogawithJoelle Thank you joelle for reply🙂🙏

[@kaylao6032]

i do dance and i’m trying out for the cheer team next week. I had a technique class and i did an oversplit longer than i should have so i’ve been sore for the past two days😭 I have absolutely no cheer experience (they said it was ok but i’m not gonna go into it with no practice) so i was going to practice jumps, but i can’t cause i’m sore and i can’t stretch without dying 😭 let’s hope this works aha

[@YogawithJoelle]

Good luck with your tryouts!!

[@drpeg5467]

I dunno. I'm scared to try this sequence. I finally figured out that my hamstring tendonitis was caused, over time, by doing downward dog and forward bends, stretches that pulled on the hamstring attachment high on the leg. Seems like jumping into this sequence would just worsen matters. I wish I could find a program that would address what to do if the tendonitis is in a more acute stage.

[@YogawithJoelle]

It can't help if you don't try!

[@drpeg5467]

@@YogawithJoelle LOL!

[@hannab1207]

If you find that program let me know, I'm in that acute stage too and this sequence is a no go!

[@facshc4918]

It’s common knowledge that you should NOT stretch your hamstring if you have hamstring tendinopathy.

[@corc2556]

If too acute, ice packs first until the "sting" is gone. Get plenty of rest. Then a while later, do this kind of yoga gently in a swimming pool and once it has gone to just being sore, then try these methods shown here again without being in a swimming pool.