My pediatrist ordered me to “aggressively stretch” my hamstrings and calves (meaning to do safe stretches 3-4 times a day) and less than a week later I can’t touch my toes yet but I can already reach like 3 inches lower on my leg. It’s almost like stretching actually does something when you remember to do it. Weird.
What’s worked for me so far at the advice of my doctor is looking up a lot of different kinds of stretches and how to do them safely and just doing the appropriate one for the situation I’m in when I remember to do it.
Like if I happen to be sitting on the floor, there’s certain stretches I can just do for a minute while I’m down there. If I’m chatting with someone next to a coffee table or a bench, there’s stretches I can do with a slightly elevated surface. If I’m next to a wall, there’s certain stretches I can do while leaning on a wall or a chair. If I’m sitting on the couch, there’s stretches made to do on a couch or a bed.
And I’m finally remembering to stretch. Because I can stretch anywhere.
I also stretch like this. Me and my boyfriend tend to watch netflix while eating meals together, and once the food is finished but the episode isn’t, I start stretching in my seat. So occssionally he’ll look over to me and I’m sitting there like
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