Hamstring Pain is so not fun! — But why does hamstring pain happen???

#1 Thing to know – Your quads and hams form an important movement team.
— AKA Every time your quads move, your hamstrings move too

• If your quads are chronically tight, they’re going to constantly pull against your hams to the point that they’ll overstretch and weaken your hams
  — and you will experience pain.
  — and you’ll lose Speed on the Court

#2 Thing to know – Your hams are attached to your sit bones at the bottom of your pelvis.

• Inevitably, in our sit-down society we tend to sit for hours, often leaning on one side or the other.

• And when we sit down, unbalanced for hours, the pelvis can shift creating yet another pull against your hams.

• And we end up with a chronic hamstring pull and an increased probability of pain, strain, and injury.

Here’s How The Never-Stopping Hams Overstretching Happens

• First a bit of background…the top edge of your pelvis – AKA your hip line – is, also the top of the wings of your pelvis.

• Over time, we can develop a pelvic tilt – AKA one or both sides of our pelvic wings roll forward.

• Once your pelvic wing rolls forward, it pulls the base of your pelvis up and around as well

What does that mean?

• As your pelvis rolls forward, your hamstrings, at their SIT bone attachment, get pulled upward as well

  Which means that your hamstrings can be over-stretched 24/7 and

  They’ll Exhibit Pain! especially if they’re challenged in a tournament!