I rent my office space from a chiropractic group. The doctor in charge came by and gave me a free certificate for an adjustment. I took her up on it and she did some good tweaks and a lot of stretching. I mentioned that my hamstrings are tight and demonstrated using a hurdler's stretch. I used to not be able to get within inches of touching my forehead to my knee, but over the past couple of years I have been stretching every day and I've gotten within a centimeter or so. But that last centimeter has been a tough one.
She recommended this muscle stimulator where they put two pads on alternating sides of the muscle and then electrically stimulate it to massage and stretch out the muscle. The procedure was twelve minutes of watching my thigh muscles freakishly contract without my mind instruct them to do so. After I got up the muscles weren't sore but I still had a nerve memory of the pads being on them, which was kinda odd.
Anyway, end result, it worked. On my right side I can touch knee to forehead without bending the knee. And on the left side it got closer, but not quite there. I wonder if I can do a few more sessions with it. Maybe loosen up my calves as well, or my lower back.
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