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Podcast: Low Back Pain Podcast
Episode: Should You Stretch or Strengthen It? | Episode 35
Description: Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program:
To stretch or strengthen, that is the question…. Many people will say they have tight hamstrings or hip flexors and they need to stretch them. Especially those with low back issues, disc herniation, or sciatica have often heard it is from tight hamstrings or hip flexors, or they just happen to notice that with this low back injury their hamstrings feel extra tight. But do they? Could that be a waste to stretch them? I just made a post on my Instagram saying “A tight musc...