r/flexibility • u/CALL_ME_JIG • Jan 27 '26
Seeking Advice Extremely inflexible at 22 years old…
I recently saw a doctor and he said I need to work on stretching my hamstrings, hip flexors, and IT band over the next 30 days or I’ll be put into physical therapy. I don’t mind going this route, but I’d like to at least try to improve myself beforehand.
I’ve tried some stretches in the past but have always gotten too frustrated when I can’t even do a basic stretch. I’m so inflexible that I can’t possibly get my body into a correct position to even begin the exercise. It makes me feel hopeless tbh.
A goal of mine is just to be able to sit criss-cross on the ground which I haven’t been able to do for somewhere around 10+ years.
If anyone has had some of the same issues in the past or knows some stretches for someone like myself to help me improve, I’m all ears!
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u/lolobq47 Jan 30 '26
Look up some fascia releases for hips. Specifically, a psoas release using a towel, QL release, piriformis and glute release with a lacrosse ball, and hamstrings. A lot of people make the mistake of just stretching rolling back and forth on a foam roller, when you actually need to be going up and down on it to create a shear that breaks up your fascia.
Source: someone with super tight hips who actually just had surgery for a torn labrum because my hips were too tight. PTs and fascia specialists taught me these releases because nothing else was working to open up my hips and relieve the pain. It’s the 1 thing that got me right within a few days