Tight hamstring

criscricket
criscricket Posts: 69 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
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

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  • Hurricane_C
    Hurricane_C Posts: 806 Member
    Bump because I live with ridiculously tight hamstrings despite stretching (which admittedly I should probably do more of)
  • Quickster34
    Quickster34 Posts: 209 Member
    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
    criscricket Posts: 69 Member
    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
    Quickster34 Posts: 209 Member
    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
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