Reddit reviews Anatomy Of Stretching 2nd

Generally with people who have an anterior tilt of the pelvis, from tight quads, they have a curvature in their lower spine, called a lordosis, here is a highlight of the imbalance between the short and weak muscles, however best to get it assessed with a practitioner, such as PT, or therapist to know if that is what you have.

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A method for testing the hip flexor and quad range of moment is by doing a thomas testing:

http://www.pthaven.com/page/show/157779-thomas-test

In general, massaging and stretching the short muscles, will help to unbind them, reduce their tonicity and promote greater ROM, however if a person is stuck with a certain muscular pattern, unless that is addressed, then the way they originally use muscles will reoccur and likely their over use of the quads will continue. To readdress (dis)functional muscle patterns, full body exercises, that reinforces and exerts stress and tiredness on specific weak muscles, such as gluteus and hamstrings are beneficial, like single leg squats, single leg dead lifts, nordics etc. but it looks like you're actively working on your weak muscles.

Some exercises highlights, focusing on hamstrings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5MFBTXNkTM

For stretching, you can get plenty of books on the subject, for example, the following gives instruction and anatomy overlay.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anatomy-Stretching-Illustrated-Flexibility-Rehabilitation/dp/1905367295

Stretches to - promote thoracic extension (lying on towel), lumbar flexion (lying side twists, knees to check, or childs pose), hip extension (thomas test, deep lunge) and knee flexion (lunge with foot grab).

What happens if someone has tight quads and hip flexion is that during running, they would want to stride and land with their feet away from their body more, this drives with their quads and puts a lot of pressure on their knee, this restriction means that they are less able to propel their leg behind them, to drive with their glutes and hamstring, which ideally means that their foot lands more under their body, with their knee bent less. Overall this what the aim of the imbalance correction should do.

Regards

Eric

You should get something like this for all your stretching needs. I have this one, it was a good addition to my existing knowledge, filling gaps and whatnot.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anatomy-Stretching-Illustrated-Flexibility-Rehabilitation/dp/1905367295/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323032516&sr=8-2