muscles tight and not flexible

mrsnel

Does anyone else abnormally have very tight and inflexible muscles all the time? Joining hands behind my back is a chore. If you have this problem, do you know why? Thanks for your input.

sshintaku

I have very tight muscles - always have. Particularly hamstrings, hips and shoulders. I did gymnastics for ten years as a child and still was inflexible. Now I do yoga and it does help some, but for as regularly as I go, I do feel I should be able to put my arms by my ears (I can't). Just recently, I'm able to touch the ground when folding in half.

I don't know why, I just think some people are built more inflexibly.

astronomicals

inactivity and poor posture.

DavPul

Do you do any flexibility/mobility work? We don't get more flexible just by wishing for it

mrsnel

Yes, I've started working at stretching. I grabbed several different books on the topic and have been working on it, but am very tight.

MagdaSea

I am not abnormally flexible but I will get random shooting pains in my ligaments when trying to stretch certain body parts. Usually my legs. Yoga has been the only thing that helps. I've also read that to do a true stretch you need to hold it for 30 seconds. You'd be surprised how long that actually is when you are counting.

gloriaeffe

I think that bad posture and sitting down a lot are to blame mostly.
Try stretching every day, multiple times a day if you can - even some "passive stretching" would help (e.g. stretch your pecs while taking a work call).