Tight Hamstrings

hamstring largeTIGHT HAMSTRINGS, which causes pain there and many related alignment problems, can be reversed by The Vance Stance®. As we will explore, the root cause of this, and so many other postural problems, is the original way we learned to stand as toddlers. The Vance Stance will forever replace the faulty habit of use you first tried with one that will make your efforts to stretch and lengthen this tough area. You will learn how to stretch correctly, and, how to stop placing your body in the wrong place in gravity, which keeps triggering your shortening of these muscles.

The backs of the legs are very resistant to lengthening. Because they have been engaged incorrectly over the course of your life, they have become accustomed to operating in an incorrectly activated state all the time. Pain is the result of muscles or joints being contracted past the amount they can stand.

The Vance Stance has had great success in helping clients unlock this key area to proper alignment and comfort. The combination of changing the way you stand and move and re-aligning the pull of your muscles by doing the 34 Movements mentioned in the book The Vance Stance. In which you will learn that opening the back of the legs is a necessity to gain access to the small of the back, and thence on up the body. It is also critical to opening down below, to reduce foot problems such as bunions and hammertoes.

Movements that will help open the hamstrings include:
  • Hands On Floor, Legs Straight (page 88-89), to directly address the tightness at the back of the leg, and teach it to release.
  • Heel Drop On Stairs (page 92-93), to begin the opening down at the ankles and Achilles.
  • Leg On Railing (page 112-113) which connects the entire back side of you in the opening.
  • Head To Knee On Floor (page 134-135), which stretches more in a different way.
  • Sitting Forward Bend (page 136-137), for an even more intense stretch.