Tight hamstring

criscricket

I have a tight left hamstring and it never goes away, I walk around with it 24/7. I have been stretching it but too no avail. Im on week 4 couch to 5k. I stretch before and after each run. any advice or experience

thanks!
cris

Hurricane_C

Bump because I live with ridiculously tight hamstrings despite stretching (which admittedly I should probably do more of)

Quickster34

Stretch and Strengthen , not just your hamstring but your lower back mainly, tightness in your hamstring is usually caused by your lower back being weak or improper running form, so focus on form , stretch and work on strengthening your core/lower back/ and hamstrings its a slow process unfortunatley there are no quick fixes with this one, ive ham tight hams for years

good luck!

criscricket

Stretch and Strengthen , not just your hamstring but your lower back mainly, tightness in your hamstring is usually caused by your lower back being weak or improper running form, so focus on form , stretch and work on strengthening your core/lower back/ and hamstrings its a slow process unfortunatley there are no quick fixes with this one, ive ham tight hams for years

good luck!

any good references online for proper running form?

Quickster34

any good references online for proper running form?
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runnersworld has some good articles , only problem is 9 times out of ten you wont catch yourself doing it unles someone points it out but still worth reading , I'd youtube it and see if you can get a more visual approach