Can’t Touch Your Toes? Find and Fix the Problem
Stand with your feet together. Keep your knees locked. Slowly bend forward and touch your toes. Can you reach them?If not, that means your hamstrings are too tight and you should stretch them right? Wait. Not so fast!!! Just because your hamstrings may feel tight, doesn’t mean that they need stretching or that they are the reason that you can’t touch your toes. There may be many different reasons you can’t touch your toes. Let’s take a look! The STANDING TOE TOUCH (“multi-segmental flexion”) is one of the 7 fundamental movement patterns that we test during our physical therapy evaluations at Athletes’ Therapist. How to perform the test: Stand with your feet together Keep your knees locked Slowly Bend forward and touch your toes Can you touch your toes? Can you touch them without pain or compensation? Either you CAN touch your toes: This READ MORE