The_Devil_In_Disguise Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 I have recently been practising the front splits and I am 96.23547% there BUT. I have done something to the muscle just above and underneath the knee( not the calf) and I was wondering what-if any-stretches I could do to help me get rid of it It only happens when I kick or stretch fool me once... shame on youfool me twice... I'll cut your *
KickChick Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 Regardless of just where the pain happens to be.... it shouldn't "be". You are either bouncing into your stretches or clearly stretching without proper warmup. It could very well be the hamstring ... in that case you need to ease back into your stretching routine gradually. Don't force it .... your flexibility will come!
The_Devil_In_Disguise Posted February 10, 2003 Author Posted February 10, 2003 Thanx I think what I may have done is made it ballistic Too fast it was because I can't really comfortably sit in it...yet but I tried bringing my head to my knee Which I did, but it hurt fool me once... shame on youfool me twice... I'll cut your *
Maestro Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 don't try to stretch it too much for three or four days. You need to let it heal before you can start lengthening it again. If you stretch when you have a micro-tear, you will just create more scar tissue, which is less flexible than normal . "Take it slow or you'll be going backwards." that's what my sahbumnim tells me, at least. Very Zen. Might as well take my advice--I don't use it anymore.
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