Post Run Yoga – Run Better with Yoga

Helen Clare, yoga running coach taking a post run stretch for the hips and hamstrings

The importance of running recovery

27th February 2020
Helen Clare
Post Run Yoga
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And how to do it right We’ve all been there – we have great intentions of doing our post run cool down but, for one reason or another, it just doesn’t happen! We don’t always feel like taking the time to stretch straight after a run – we’re tired, hungry, and have a million other things to do.

Helen Clare stretching hip flexors post running

How to fix sore hip flexors

Ever had pain or irritation across the front of your hips when running? Or after running? This is the area of the hip flexors – made up of the iliopsoas, rectus femoris and sartorius muscles – that primarily act to lift the knee and thigh closer to the body. Pain in this area is a common one for runners – but we can almost always fix it! In this video I talk about the reasons why irritation here is so common, and what we can do to go about fixing it. We’ll cover a couple of yoga poses, and a running drill. Enjoy! After you’ve watched, let me know – do you get pain here?...

Hip Flexors

Tight hip flexors, along with core and glute weakness, are one of the main causes of poor running technique that can lead to injury. Read on, then watch this week’s video on some of the best hip flexors releases…

How to stretch hamstrings

Runners have notoriously tight hamstrings, for a good reason! With that repetitive contraction of the hamstrings over the miles, it’s to be expected that runners have tighter than average hamstrings. And, in part, this is good

Best Post-Run Poses

What’s the best way to ensure you do your post-run stretching? Make it part of the routine! If you can learn just a minimum of 3 simple poses, and do them right off the back of your run, you’ll have ensured you’ve made a huge difference to your recovery, and therefore your performance. Anything else you can do as part of your recovery (like Yin), is then a double win!

Post Run Recovery: Yin Yoga for the Hips

We’ve just finished another successful Run Better with Yoga weekend retreat here in Cornwall, thank you all who came and were involved! So, what is involved on these weekend retreats? I’m so glad you asked…

Post-Run Stretch Sequence

After running, let’s make stretching part of the routine! I love this quick post-run stretch yoga sequence. It’s less than 10 minutes and all standing – so once you know it, you can do it anywhere!