Hamstring Tightness

Are your hamstrings always feel tight no matter how much you stretch them?? Your muscles might not be the issue. 

There are multiple reasons why your hamstrings may be tight. One of these could be neurological tension within your sciatic nerve(s). 

Nerves don’t like to be stretched! When there is excessive tension on a nerve, it can result in the surrounding muscles tightening up in an attempt to protect the nerve. Continuing to try and stretch this won’t result in any increases in range of motion! 

If you feel like your hamstring have chronically been tight, its worth getting it checked out by a chiropractor, physical therapist, or other healthcare professionals to determine what the exact cause of this may be! 

Here are two simple sciatic nerve flossing techniques that can help reduce tension within the sciatic nerve.  

1️⃣ Seated Sciatic Nerve Flossing 

2️⃣ Supine Sciatic Nerve Flossing

Check out @dr.jeffwong on Instagram for videos of these exercises!