Unlock Your Tight Hamstrings: The Benefits of Stretching for Improved Flexibility
The hamstrings are a big muscle group that flex the knee joint and extend the hip
This helps our body walk, run and climb
Tight hamstrings can be caused by sitting too long ( remember from our other blog, we should aim for less than 6 hours a day ), hamstring curl exercises, sports like soccer and tennis, and poor posture.
Research looked into how long you should stretch to improve the hamstring muscle
A 30-second duration is an effective amount of time to increase the range of motion of the hamstring muscle
NO increase in flexibility occurred when the duration was doubled from 30 to 60 seconds. NO improvements were seen when the frequency was increased from one to three times per day.
We have been helping our community for over 10+ years with their muscle and spinal problems . Please call Health Wise Chiropractic 03 9467 7889 or book online to see if one of our Chiropractors in Sunbury or Melton/Strathtulloh could do the same for you!
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Chiropractic has moved online. We offer our online programs -STAND CORRECTED- To help you through the day. They contain health advice for your conditions, nutritional advice and exercises for you to do at home or at the workplace to help you achieve your health goals. We understand that coming to the Chiropractic clinic maybe costly and time consuming. This way if you cant make it into the chiropractic office, you can do any of our 20+ online health programs at your leisure.
Enjoy and we hope they spark a little bit of joy and help you achieve your health goals. Each program contains - Information about the conditions - things to do and things to avoid - nutrition advice - all the stretches that are needed to help The following conditions are now available for online sessions
migraine
cervicogenic headaches
cervical facet neck pain
tension headaches
cervical radiculopathy (pins and needles in the arm originating from the neck)
shoulder impingement relief
thoracic outlet syndrome
frozen shoulder
rotator cuff
chronic lumbar (Low Back) disc pain
acute Lumbar(low back) disc pain
Lumbar facet pain
sciatica and piriformis syndrome
meniscus (knee pain)
Plantar fasciitis (Foot Pain)
Shin Splints
Tennis Elbow/Golfers elbow
Carpal tunnel Syndrome
Upper Crossed Syndrome( Poor Posture)
Lower Crossed Syndrome ( Poor Posture)
Dizziness-Vertigo
Arthritis
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TMJ (Jaw Pain)
Reference
Phys Ther
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