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Myth: Hamstring Tightness at the Back of the Knee is Not Hamstring Tightness

When stretching your hamstrings, where do you feel it? Ideally, we should always feel it in the heart of the thigh at the back. However many seem to feel it down at the back of the back. Interestingly, this isn’t actually the hamstring being stretched. Instead, it’s actually an over-tensioned Sciatic nerve. Here’s how to solve it and find the right hamstring stretch for you:

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