05/09/2026
Hamstring stretches: a quick vid on how to hamstring.
Key things to note:
- Your safety is more important than the stretch - if you’re not confident in your technique or don’t trust the horse, don’t do it!
- Use your leg to support hand under their toe - it makes life so much easier and your fingers safer.
- Guide the limb with the hand on the hock.
- USE YOUR LEGS, not your back!! Fix your back in a safe hip hinge position with the lumbar spine in neutral, rest your forearm on your leg, and lunge away.
- Although deemed a ‘hamstring stretch’, we’re realistically stretching way more than that - gluteals, lumbar spine, caudal stifle muscles, and all the fascial connections that link along these myofascial lines.
We can see this horse has good range of motion - so much so that he feels comfortable enough to really relax into it (they’ll do this and it’ll surprise you every time 😂), a great sign.
Thank you to my client who sent this through from their session last week! 🐴
