Why You Can't Get Flexible

Your body is working to keep you SAFE so you don't DIE. This stops you from being flexible sometimes. If you want to get more flexible, you have to learn to understand when your body doesn't feel safe so you can improve your range of motion.

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[AndreaS-xpop]

the amount of times I've dropped my phone on my face while scrolling in bed disagrees 😂

[johanabi]

This is how I try to explain muscle stiffness and tension pain in hypermobility/my hyper mobile EDS; a lot of people don’t understand why I can’t get close to touching my toes sometimes (like when sitting for a long time, or before a warm-up in general) but can put my hand flat on the floor, elbows bent, other times. I’ve even been accused of faking it!

[trailfree]

I understand that following this way of thinking, I should strengthen the adductors to get a side split?

[bhojane]

Say, " it's yooour daily dose of internet "

[emmaeIIe]

Oh. Is that why I can't relax my hip flexors in the butterfly pose? What's the danger, though?

[geraldinepoet]

I've always been very inflexible since I was a child, even when I've done lots of exercise, I've also always had very bad posture. When I try to stretch my head and neck muscles to improve posture I get severe migraine for days. Is this the reason why I get so much pain? How do I relax the muscles before stretching? I have tried many different stretches over the years, all result in the same.

[kittyshell]

That last comment right at the end, though!! Oh my goodness!! Well done! 👏🏻🙏🏻

[randerodr]

Thanks a lot. My brain don't work good. Dropped kettle bell on my head. Ouchhhh.

[FRESHL]

Excellent. A friend of mine trained with the same concept.
Well, unfortunately it did not work well hanging on a rock over the canyon. R.I.P.

[cheshrektten]

Explains why I was swimming, thinking "mache another round", then stood up on the bank and was like "nope, that would have been overkill"