Things To Know About Flexibility

In this week’s episode of Your Health Matters, I share a question that a patient recently asked me. They asked how they can improve their hamstring flexibility so they can touch their head to their knees in a forward fold with their legs completely straight.    You will learn tips to improve your flexibility and how to understand your flexibility better.    In this episode we discuss:    [0:20] Introduction  [0:53] Your reason for your movement    [1:48] What you need to know about flexibility [4:06] What we think is going on when changing our muscle [6:40] Static vs. Dynamic stretching  [10:08] Stretching to decrease injuries   [10:50] Contracting your muscles before stretching it [11:53] Conclusion Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode and learned a lot from it, please subscribe and rate! See you next week!   Follow me on Instagram and Facebook  @drjackiefenton.