Foam Rolling for Hamstrings, BEST Techniques| San Diego Chiropractic
Tight hamstrings can affect many different areas of the body including the lower back, hips, and knees. Foam rolling for hamstrings can help alleviate tension in the muscle fibers and help with pain in those previously mentioned areas. Hamstring foam roller techniques can be achieved from a couple different positions. The classic way to foam roll for hamstrings is to sit on your butt, put the foam roller in the hamstrings and self massage the hamstrings to alleviate muscle tension. There is nothing wrong with this technique and we encourage you to do it! The hard part to effectively foam roll the hamstrings is to get enough pressure and the right angle into the muscles. That is why we recommend putting the foam roller on an elevated surface and then place the hamstrings on the foam roller. This is an effective technique to foam roll the hamstrings by being able to bend, rotate, twist your body around the foam roller to massage the hamstring from different angles to release the most tension. We find this hamstring foam rolling technique to be particularly helpful for high hamstring tendinopathy, high hamstring strain, buttock pain, sit bone pain, etc. For runners, this is a go to hamstring foam rolling for running to help ease the tension in the posterior chain. Avoid foam rolling directly on the bone! You want to address the tight hamstrings in more of the muscle belly and tendon, not directly on the bone where the tendon inserts. Foam roll the hamstrings consistently to help with the symptoms. If you are dealing with high hamstring injury or other hamstring injuries, come visit us in person! Our sports injury clinic is located in Mission Valley, San Diego, near La Jolla, UTC, Point Loma, Mission Hills, and Scripps Ranch. Our sports chiropractors utilize Active Release Technique and Graston Technique to help recover from Hamstring injuries. Schedule here: https://peakformhealthcenter.janeapp....
