How to Stretch Your Legs

You use your leg muscles in just about everything you do but sleep. Stretching your leg muscles increases your flexibility and helps alleviate fatigue while standing or walking. Here's how to stretch your legs.

Instructions

1. Lean on a wall with your hands flat on the wall. Place one leg back, and with your heel on the ground, stretch your hips forward to stretch your calf muscles. Repeat with the other leg.

2. Stand on one leg, holding on to a wall or chair for support. Bring up the other leg toward your buttocks and grab your ankle with your hand, pulling gently to stretch the quadriceps. Repeat with the other leg.

3. Stand with legs wide apart. Bend one leg and lean to that side and hold to stretch the groin muscle. Repeat on the other side

4. Lie on your back, cross one leg in front of the other one with the ankle resting on the knee as though you were sitting cross-legged. Pull the uncrossed leg towards your chest to stretch out your buttock muscles. Repeat on other side.

5. Bend one leg and stretch the other out behind your body. Lean forward and hold. Repeat on other side.

Tips & Warnings

• If you feel mild discomfort, hold, then stretch slightly further. Avoid bouncing.