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Long Sitting Hamstring Stretch
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- HOW: Start in a comfortable seated position with your legs together out in front of you. Bend your back forward and reach for your toes with both hands as you keep your knees straight. Hold that stretch for the prescribed amount of time.
- FEEL: You should feel a stretch in your hamstrings muscles in the back of your thigh.
- COMPENSATION: Keep your feet together and your knees straight as you reach forward. Don’t bounce once you are in your desired stretch position, hold the stretch.
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