How do you feel during and after this stretch? Drop me a comment!👇

@miigs4167

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Your videos are literally saving my life (this is not an exaggeration because of how much pain I was in). Do you have anything for tarsal tunnel?

@hyufcu

2 ай бұрын

This stretch provides immediate relief for my issue. Would you recommend doing this stretch prior to trying the problematic exercises (squat/lunge for me) to hopefully be able to then have space to train better mechanics? Or is stretching before the exercise a bad idea?

I did the hamstring stretch on both sides. I also had a left knee injury over 10 years ago where I needed physical therapy. But they never had me do this particular stretch for the hamstring. After doing it a couple times just now at 30-60 seconds hold, it seems looser and more relaxed so I don't limp at all now! I will keep up this stretch daily and will maybe be able to walk more often and stand longer without having immobility due to knee pain the next day like I have been getting with standing for long periods of time. Thanks, Matt!

Was literally feeling tightness in my right hamstring doing deadlifts a couple days ago. This is exactly what I needed thanks 🙏🏼

Thank you so much for making this video. I tried for a little while to find what the pain behind my knee was and you were the only person I found who diagnosed the problem and explained the problem, showing an easy and very realistic way of dealing with it. I am not fully fixed yet but since following your stretches and advice I've definitely felt the difference.

Thank you again for sharing this content 🙏🏾. While doing the stretch I felt it in my lower back.

Thank you, just what I needed. Over did hamstring stretch on one your videos. You warned me! Didn’t think at the time I was over doing it. There’s a fine line. Appreciate the fix 👍😎

Got sharp outer knee pain while squatting. Pain transfered on daily life (walking, sitting, knee banding) for 6months. 99% tips from internet points you to IT band syndrom, miniscus tear, ligaments problems, but not biceps femoris. Did MRT - showed nothing. Then did self research on what muscles and ligaments attached to outer portion of the knee and tried stretch/test one by one. And it was tight biceps femoris, probably because of prolonged sitting. Now I am doing roller massage + stretches after/before sleep and before workout. It entirely removes pain for 1-2 hours I can squat/deadlift/etc and slightly day by day reduces pain it in general. After 2 months of healing almost no pain

I needed this video! I was contemplating surgery but your knee issue sounds exactly like mine. I’m doing this stretches every day now!

I'm glad I found this video. I've had this issue for as long as I can remember in my left leg which has prevented me from doing any squats below parallel, not because it hurt but because I was scared it would aggravate something. I went to several doctors and physical therapists back in 2007/8 and there was only one case study in the literature and pretty much everyone suggested surgery. I recently got back into calisthenics and I'm really glad I decided to search this up again.

This stretch has changed my life! I do a lot of sitting from work, sim racing as a hobby, as well as bowling. I've always had really tight biceps femoris and other leg muscles from Osgood-Schlatter syndrome, and only recently strained my lower hamstring during a session bowling. Maybe I should have listened to the doctor more when they said to use a rope to stretch every day. An ounce of prevention would have been worth many pounds of cure! Thanks for the guided instruction and I love the acronyms.

Wow, I felt a tweak playing floor hockey a few days ago and stopped immediately, and it's been sore until this video. This stretch just reduced the pain by 90%. Thanks!

Very informative and extremely useful!

I’ve had this popping sensation in my lateral hamstring right at my both of my knees for 10 years…I’ve always had trouble squating, doing hamstring workouts, etc. I did this stretch this morning and it feels like night and day in terms of comfort/discomfort. Going to do this stretch for a couple weeks along with my workouts and see what results. This video might be a life saver for me.

dude! you are a genius.. i was a body builder for over 20 yrsiam embarrass to say i never knew this! great job buddy

Oof. I’m only at 8:17 right now but I’m getting angry. I injured my leg 7 months ago and have barely been able to walk since. Doctors have refused to give me any MRI on my leg and PT has failed for the last 3 months. I’ve regained some function of my leg, and I’m getting better but I’ve felt I’ve plateaued. I have extreme issue getting my muscles to relax when they are under load while at max stretch- think standing with my injured leg straight. Now last week I lost my job and my insurance. So 7 months after my injury, some random guy on KZread is actually teaching me things that sounds like exactly what I need. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I’m following this channel and I’ll scream your name from the mountain tops.

Please share some tips for calf snapping/injuries. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge ❤️

I've had this problem ongoing for 3 years. I have a history weightlifting and karate so my adductors and inner hamstrings are very flexible, but I really struggle with the stretch you've shown. I also thought I injured my knee on barbell squats but now I realise I have a tight biceps femoris. Thankyou, these issues can take a log time to solve, I've seen at least 6 physios in the past 3years and not one noticed this issue

This is a life saver. Thank you. I had this problem and did not know what is was. My right knee (back and lateral) gets pain sponteneously (not all the time, but once in a while) when bend at a certain angle. I researched the net for a few years and could not find the exact solution. I researched and thought it was a 1) menicus tear; Or 2) Popliteus muscle strain; Or 3) IT band syndrome; or 4) the peroneal nerve rubbing against the Tib Fib. I tried all their exerceise and fixes and none of them worked. Until I found your video and stretch and rotate my torso as you described, it reliefs the pain and I am able to do a single right leg squat without much pain. THANK YOU so much.

THANK YOU! This has beej nagging me for months. Finally felt that snapping sensation today after a week of heavy squats and deadlifts. Time to get serious about fixing this

It works so well. Thank you

Your videos are awesome man!

leg end!.. i mean, legend. super informative and light hearted. i snapped tibia and fibula 20 years ago. but healed great. then I fractured my spine about 2 years ago. when I started moving again my knee started hurting. I thought it was that old injury resurfacing, stemming from piraneus longus. but this video and others are bang on. i guess my legs atrophied while stationary in bed for months and my incorrect movement patterns were highlighted.

I'm having a lot of trouble at the posterolateral aspect of my lower thigh, knee, and lower leg. Strongly suspect it's my biceps femoris, its tendon, the peroneus muscle, and all of the fascia in the area. I think the stretches you talk about will help quite a bit over time, so thank you :)

Found something that really helps. Take a wider stance and put a circular resistance band around your legs just above your knee then squat with these on. It forces you to engage certain muscles that basically made my biceps femuris stop snapping. For context, mine would snap on every squat on both sides previously and had for years.

You are a lifesaver!

Omg been looking for this vid for months and finally found it!

This was just the video I needed! I am certain that I have scar tissue on my left high hamstring. The sounds from that tendon reminds me often about the noise from a concrete crusher and I struggle to achieve 45 degrees flexion while I easily get 85 degrees on my right hamstring ! NOW I know there is a diagnosis named snapping hamstring syndrome. This valuable knowledge simplifies my further treatment of what I believe is a severe injury to my left hamstring. THANKS !!

@Uprighthealth

Жыл бұрын

Don't get caught in the trap of diagnosis names / labels!

O man i love u i love u it worked it worked im athlete i was suffering from that pain may allah bless u 😢😢😢😢😢😢thank u thank u in 5 minutes i came back pls make more contents cuz its usefil

Great informative video as always! I thought I had a hip problem, but now think it might be my sciatic nerve. Any advice?xxx

I had an injury where I fell into a hyperextended split without having much flexibility, fortunately I didn't break my leg, but I couldn't even walk straight on the street and as a dancer, this kind of information is very valuable Thank you!✨️

Omds help me sooooooooo muchhhh I was worried that this may be one of the causes of my knee pain when playing basketball.

Very helpful good sir

Thank you! Could never find a resource that even identified this issue, and it's been driving me nuts

@pjmiller3770

Жыл бұрын

I believe this might be my issue as well and have done PT for my right knee several times without much difference. I will try Matt's stretches and see if it helps.

@Chris-bw3xs

7 ай бұрын

Did Matt's stretches help? I have the same issue@@pjmiller3770

This was super helpful I started feeling pain in my ankle and noticed my leg was rotating outward while walking. Last night I discovered my biceps fomoris was super tight and I think it was carrying down into my ankle.

Great video! About couple weeks back I was doing a pigeon stretch and felt a pop.. at first I thought it was my knee but the only tender pain I have is by the fibula head and doing things like hamstring curls makes it tender. I’m fine squatting but still unsure if it’s knee or hamstring related.

1:14 I do agree. BUT I had some snapping on the inside of my knee. (I have had ACL and meniscus surgery) And after 3 years it built up some liquid sac thing that started getting worse, and was also swelling throughout the day. I didn`t know much about this liquid sac thing, went to the doctor, he drained the liquid with a needle, and injected some cortisone. And it fixed the problem. That was a year ago, and I ain`t got no problems now. With such a heavy surgery knee will never be 100% healthy. What I was not aware of tho was that stretching was also important. I was mainly doing leg press, deadlift, leg raise, leg curl, and calf raise. I thought I could muscle my way to a fix. But I should probably try stretching to. Now I have this Biceps Femoris pain after playing lots of volley, and I am gonna try the stretched in this video! Thanks!

Oh my god thank you! I had a popping feeling and strain in my hamstring when I tried to do front splits without a warmup and then a day later I raise my knee up, felt a pop in my knee and it continued to pop every time I bent it

Hey love the twist for more lateral stretch - would just comment that if dorsiflexion increases the 'hamstring stretch' then all you're increasing is sciatic nerve tension - hamstring length doesn't change with ankle position. Maybe myofacial tension if anything?

Good stuff. I'm pretty sure I have this issue in my right leg.

Can you do a video on popping shoulders? Mine has been popping for a year and is also tight when I try to move it straight behind me. Thanks for your consideration!!

Thank you

Thanks!

@Uprighthealth

Жыл бұрын

Grateful for your support!

There is plenty of papers regarding this issue and yeah, if the issue starts due to exercises you might be right, but in a lot of cases there seems to be a physical issue that requires surgery. Annormal insertion, fibular head anomaly, partial tears of the tendon etc.

Great video! Thanks for the information. Im having issues with this currently. I have done very little exercise in the past 10 years and noticed when doing squats I get a popping sensation. I can recreate that pop sitting down, feeling the rear left of my knee (on my left leg) and slowly lifting/straightening my leg. I'm wondering if it's likely that over the years of doing little exercise that my bones and joints have fallen out of alignment, and if so, should I avoid squats to prevent further damage?

I've noticed that I get snapping hamstrings on the lateral side of my right knee when I'm doing hamstring curls, I've known this for years but have always forgotten to look it up until today. I'm going to try this stretch out see if that changes anything

Hi! Thank you for the helpful video. I’m not sure which muscle it is, but it seems to be my hamstring. Do you think stretching is a “cure” to any of the snapping that occurs in the lower trunk muscles? ***Thank you in advance for the help. I tore my hamstring 2 yrs ago and I get spells of the snapping hamstring syndrome!

Hey thanks for sharing this! I’ve been dealing with this “snapping” for 2 years now and the doctors still think I’m crazy. Since it’s been so long would you recommend surgery?

Absolute pain doing this slowly. I will keep trying.

I have had this problem for so long! My left hip/SI joint all the way down to my foot have been messed up from who knows what at this point (it's been almost 7 years). Your twisted pelvis and hamstring videos helped me so much already, my pain is almost gone and I'm able to move again --and I'll add this stretch in too. Do you have any exercises and stretches for tarsal tunnel? That's the last bit I need help with - it's very painful and I really don't want to get surgery on it.

@elpalancuela7670

9 ай бұрын

wait i have the same issue, i also have tarsal tunnel syndrome

I have snapping byceps femoris on the left leg but also my fibular head is more pronounced on left side.the bone is sticking out more and snapping every time i want flex or extend.

Will start today after months of snapping , sitting is painful. Will update every week . If solved you will get my $50❤

I'm an over-50 hiker, mountaineer, backcountry skier guy who lives in the Swiss Alps. I don't deadlift or squat anymore, but I do rack up lots of positive and negative vertical every week, including hill intervals, etc.. You might be interested to know that this has apparently produced the same problem you had from lifting. I first thought it was ITB syndrome, which is more common in my sports, but it actually seems to be biceps femoris issues and your videos are really helping. They're also fun to watch. Thanks! -Dave, La Forclaz sur Evolène, Switzerland

@Uprighthealth

9 ай бұрын

Huge thanks for your support, Dave!

Do you have stretches for posterior shin splints????

hello i have snapping tendon but in different side of the knee which is semitendinosus do you have idea how to fix it ?

When I bend my knee backwards, from time to time it seems to lock into that position. Generally I can slowly straighten it out and then there is a pop, and it seems to be fine. It is very painful. I think it may be the bicep femoris tendon. I am not a runner or a weight lifter. What do you recommend?

Been dealing with knee pain for a few months. This helped a lot. Thank you!!!

Can i also do this exercise if i feel snapping on the inside of my leg. Its behind my knee on the right side

Should this be combined with rest, ice and compression?

Could this also be a symptom of an undiagnosed avulsion?

So was it a meniscus tear? I was trying to squat my friend last Sunday, I felt the pop. It's similar feeling to your other meniscus tear video....... but I do have the tightness in the hamstring up through hip......... I'm a large girl who powerlifts and does BJJ...... I'm wondering if it's this... NO MRI yet.

2 years ago I was stretching and I heard and felt two snaps every sense I’ve had soreness under my right buttocks will this help

My knees are basically stuffed i am 65 and was very active when i was young and wore out my knees and now my knee joints are full of calcium and oesteophites and arthritis including psoritic arthritis so as much as i would love to be able to do a squat of any kind just not possible

I have to this day missunderstood my whole knee injury.

I have this snapping hamstring problem right at the knee and have done this stretch many times before because of your old video. However, it doesn't affect stretch my biceps femoris. The stretch I feel is in my outer calf. In a different video by a different channel I saw them do it differently, where they bend the knee on a chair, then hinge back until it stretches, then externally rotated the hip, and then move the opposite shoulder towards the bent knee. This i feel stretching my biceps fermoris, but doesn't feel very safe. Like my knee is about to get tweaked if I don't do it super carefully. If somebody got any advice I would be very thankful. Have had this for as long as I can remember.

@Sarafan92

Жыл бұрын

I also feel it in my calf mostly. Did you find a solution?

Oh thank god, hopefully this works - past 5 years ive been trying to 'pop' it back in, thinking something was out of place. Sometimes it felt like it worked but always reversed. Do you think this will stop it from popping out?

@michaels5034

Жыл бұрын

@upright health

@michaels5034

10 ай бұрын

Sad

My hamstring pops on the medial side behind the knee. And I only really feel it happen when I lock my knee with leg straight. Slightly uncomfortable, but tolerable. Should my leg be locked out straight for these stretches? I’ll mention I tend to only feel hamstring stretches behind the knee. Anything else you would recommend? Thanks! 🙏🙏🙏

Hi! I think I overstretched my biceps femoris trying to gain flexibility for yoga. I feel this would actually hurt? Should avoid then?

Godsend Exactly what I'm having, biceps femoris tendon snapping out of place when I squat below parallel. Love the part of avoiding RIIPS, so true Do normal hamstring stretches, like sitting/standing/supine, not adequately hit the biceps femoris?

@MortyFernandez

8 ай бұрын

I’m having the same problem, how has this been for you?

@Chris-bw3xs

7 ай бұрын

Do you still have this issue?

My bicep femoris snapped when I was sitting on my knees. I’m a dancer (in heels) and I was on my knees and then went to do an external rotation to bring my foot back under me to stand up and my tendon snapped, and it felt like the whole back part of that tendon popped out of place, and I had to push my knee straight down to lock it back in place.. if that makes sense.. and then I could walk and stuff but it was sore all then way up what feels like my IT band, and down into the top part of my calf. Ortho told me meniscus tear too, but it wasn’t knee, it was muscle/tendon, and MRI confirmed no meniscus tear. I’ve been rehabbing and doing deep stretching. I find when my quad is super tight, it pulls on my knee too. I can go as low as 30-45 degrees, and get into child’s pose, but when I sit up to sit on my knees, I can feel like it’s gonna pop, and when I go to lift up, it snaps out. It hurts but doesn’t..? And then the after affects hurt more. I stretch my FML and lateral quad and glutes as well, but I’m still not able to actually sit on my knees without the snapping happening. Could it be just time? It’s been 5 months exactly since the first injury, and it’s happened 3 times since. Sorry for the novel!

@theesexualalchemist

Жыл бұрын

I also have snapping hips and can feel when my hip feels out of alignment.. or misaligned.

@connorsiegelski7280

9 ай бұрын

@@theesexualalchemist I know this was quite some time ago, but did you ever happen to get any relief from what you described here? I am currently going through the EXACT same issue when sitting on my heels/kneeling and comin out of that position, especially when externally rotating my foot. Just curious if you happened to find anything that brought relief for you. I also had an MRI with no ligament or cartilage injuries and just trying to find an answer to this!

@theesexualalchemist

9 ай бұрын

@@connorsiegelski7280 I’m still working through it. I’ve been strengthening my hamstrings while lengthening my quads. I find that when my quads are super tight, they’re shortened which then requires my hams to do more, and even though I thought I had strong hams, I was imbalanced. I’ve been doing focused back body training in my glutes and hams, but also dynamic stretching into static stretching daily. I also do have osteo arthritis and hamstring tendinopathy, so ensuring that my inflammation stays down helps. I also started teaching a spin class, and the bike has helped tremendously with my rehab. Im able to do low squats where Im balancing on my toes, and I can get into a child’s pose. Im also slowly reworking the knees when I sit on my feet, by using yoga blocks and working in stages. I was able to sit on my feet and get up a couple times, but then it went out again.. so I haven’t tried it since. I think a lot of it is fear. So slow and steady is the way to go. Sorry for the novel of a response!

Get constant pain when standing after sitting, above the left buttock is tender and above the left hip a burning pain, joint feels so unsteady

I’ve been going to drs for 22 yrs now have severe groin bursitis no one can diagnose me it crippled me I think it’s thing it snaps at ischial tuberosity.

I don't understand how exactly to do these and I feel different muscles rather than what you're showing. Also some exercises feel like they cause harm to the knees

Can this same stretch be done for medial hamstring snapping? But by turning the opposite direction.

@mvpmatty8295

Жыл бұрын

I have that same problem. I could never solve it

Has anyone got it sorted without surgery ?

Peace. I believe the major factor behind leg muscle tearing and joint injuries, is due to our standing and walking technique. Most people hit their ankle/heel on the ground (heel striking), instead of using that joint as the point of leverage that it is e.g. how we step when walking down stair cases, the athletic stance, or when we skip rope (forefoot technique). Forefoot standing and walking makes far more sense because it promotes muscle use instead of relying on our joints, joints which are not made to store and release energy like muscles are. I have videos on this topic that may interest you a lot

Wow this is good😂

What about the snapping tendon on the inside of the knee?

@eloiseramos8876

Жыл бұрын

What about side of hip

@eloiseramos8876

Жыл бұрын

My shaping is in my upper thigh area

For me the sensation of snaping comes with sprinting and I fall down

I have the snapping but on the medial side. where the semi tendionsus is. suggestions?

@ryanh4533

4 ай бұрын

Same Mate, did you sort yours in the end?

@mvpmatty8295

4 ай бұрын

@ryanh4533 honestly nope still there but not as bothersome. been like 3 years with it. HOWEVER... don't stretch . for the longest time i was stretching and making it worse. i stopped stretching and just focus on strengthening. it'll be better. still snaps but stretching will make it way worse. maybe your case is different but that's what I suggest

Do you recommend these hamstring stretches to help heal high hamstring tendinitis?

keep having this snapping on the very outer side of my glutes. Im very flexible

slow is safe, fast is foolish.

Only stretch muscles if they are not injured. If tou have strain - you can’t stretch the muscle! It’s going to damage it even more.

I was with you until you said meniscus surgeries don’t work. I do disagree, but besides that great video and thank you for the information.

It's the skeleton. I subscribed for the talking skeleton.

What is that blue tool?

@Drhomelander

Жыл бұрын

That is for massages.

@noonshyne

Жыл бұрын

@@Drhomelander thanks

@elizaparakeet8769

Жыл бұрын

It's called a "back buddy"

@Drhomelander

Жыл бұрын

@@elizaparakeet8769 nice name hahahhaha. It is not that useful though

I cant do what u shower

I am 62 years old and had been doing squats and stationary bike thr last year… i have no acl from years ago and my knee is not in best shape… then weirdly developed ‘snapping ‘ on lateral knee when in open chain ( like climbing a stile) . Knee would spasm and pseudo lock. Never diagnosed then tore my medial meniscus.. 🙄 … mri showed no lateral damage but there was pain there… with weak hamstrings and watching this vid im absolutely convinced it is the biceps femoris causing the issue. I am really happy to have found this vid and many thanks for making it! Atb vee

Thanks!

@Uprighthealth

Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Thanks!

@pdf-qx6ix

8 ай бұрын

Hey, thank you for sharing this video and the stretches. It is very hard to find helpful information and exercises about this online. Most of the cases I have found online are solved by surgery. I have been doing the stretch and while it does offer temporary relief, as soon as I engage in physical activity it tightens again and starts snapping. Do you have any other resources or ideas on how to fix it? I am really out of ideas.