Supine Left Hamstring Stretch with a Belt

  • The patient is lying supine and places a belt around the ball of the left foot.
  • Starting with the L knee flexed and with the left hip flexed to 90 degrees, instruct the patient to try to straighten the L knee as much as possible while maintaining dorsiflexion at the left ankle using the belt.
  • The stretch is only held for 5 seconds and then released by bending the left knee.
  • Instruct the patient to repeat this on/off stretch 10 times while keeping the left knee pointing straight up towards the ceiling.
  • Then have the patient repeat on the right side.
    Cart