Cues:
- Start with heels together and toes turned out 45 degrees
- Step back from the heel into your diagonal stretch position
- Balance is part of the diagonal stretch
- Press through the ball of the back foot to pressurize quad and drive the hip forward
- Lean back and touch either your butt, hamstring, calf, or heel
- Feel a stretch through the anterior hip and quad
- You shouldn’t feel the low back, adjust to a smaller ROM as needed to not irritate the low back
Mistakes:
- Hinging through the low back and causing pain/discomfort
- Closing the hip and reaching down
- Straightening the back leg at the top
- Reaching the wrong direction
- Failing to place pressure in the quad and moving through low back
- Not placing your non-working hand on the chest
