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Groin Stretches
Each stretch is performed twice, hold the first stretch for about 15 seconds and the second for about 20 seconds.
Exercise 1 |
Exercise 1
Stand with your right leg bent and left leg straight. Make sure that your weight is over your groin, you back is upright and that your knee is over your ankle. Your body should be pointing towards your front foot.
Repeat the exercise, bending your left leg and keeping your right leg straight. Repeat the exercise again on each leg, slide your back leg out a little further each time, ensuring that knee is above your ankle and your body is upright. |
Exercise 2 |
Exercise 2
Stand with your feet two shoulder widths apart, bend from the waist keeping your legs straight and try to hold your toes. Bend your knees and come back up keeping your legs where they are. Now straighten your legs again, bend from the waist and slide your hands down the backs of your legs and try to hold your ankles. Repeat the whole exercise again pushing your legs out an inch either side. Ensure that your legs are straight when performing this exercise. |
Exercise 3 |
Exercise 3
Sit with your legs two shoulder widths apart (or as wide as you can go), make sure your toes are pointing upwards and that your knees are not bent. Bend from the waist, and lean towards the centre of your legs, walking your fingers as far forward as possible. Next sit back up, bend forward from the waist and reach down towards your left foot, try to hold your foot. Do the same for your right leg.
Now widen your legs an inch either side, perform all three stretches again trying to reach further each time. Ensure that your back is always straight during this stretch and that you always bend from the waist. |
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