Lessons Learned About Streching
I have never been able to touch my toes at any time in my life that I can remember. Its something that I have always been embarrassed about. I always had great pain in the back of knees when trying to touch my toes. I even made up excuses like I think something is wrong with the tendons in my knees, or “I heard that some people have misshaped pelvic bones that limit stretching in the legs”. I really felt like it had to be something like that.
Recently my wife and I went to yoga and the instructor keep telling me to pull my pelvis towards the back of the room. I couldn’t tell any difference because the whole yoga thing was new to me and very confusing/painful, and I just used those excuses from above again. One morning, after that first yoga class, while stretching in the shower I remember what the yoga teacher said and tried it, and wah-lah I effortlessly went down 4-6 more inches and touched my toes. Not to mention, that I felt a good stretch not only in my calves but also in my hamstring (which has been helping a lot with knee problems).
So now the question is why didn’t i know this before? Why didn’t some elementary gym teacher see this and correct me? Did you know this? Why didn’t you tell me? If you do know this “little trick” TELL PEOPLE!!!
Now, How do I get my foot wrapped around my head?