Flexibility?

[rakess]

Does anyone have any flexibility exercises that might help with being tied up? I've noticed that my hip flexors are the part that feel the most uncomfortable. I'm not a naturally flexible person and I workout a lot so I'm often tight. Shoulders are also a part that get's really tight and aches.

 

[be_ignited]

Try yoga. I'm most familiar with Bikram (the stuff in the hot room), and those classes can be expensive, but you can achieve the same thing by turning up the heat a little and buying a tape.

 

[ecstaticsub]

Yoga. One of the first orders my PYL gave me was to start yoga classes. They have helped a great deal not only with flexibility but with helping me decrease stress and train my body to relax.

 

[Love2Lust]

you really don't have to bother going to yoga. Just spend a good amount of time stretching your major muscles every day. Do lots of butterfly stretches, quad and calf stretches. Stretch just like your warming up or cooling down from a work out everyday and it does a WONDER for your flexibility.

 

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[sb2009]

I third, or whatever the count is, figuring what muscle groups you need to work on and stretching. If you have the time and money, yoga is so amazing. I haven't done it for 10 years and really would like to make it a priorty again.

If you are anything like me, just getting older is hurting me at times! I got out of bed the other morning and my arm was asleep, not due to any tieing up! - and by trying to get the feeling back I wrenched my shoulder and it was sore for a few days. Sad, when getting out of bed causes injury!

 

[Moxon4]

and I workout a lot so I'm often tight. Shoulders are also a part that get's really tight and aches.

Do you not stretch before and after workouts? If you take 5-10 minutes before and after to stretch you'll see a big increase in flexibility.

 

[rakess]

All great advice. I don't have the money now for yoga, but I'll try to stretch more frequently. Gr. It's my least favorite part of exercising.

 

[arielsgoddess]

Practice any kind of exercises in a hottub or hot bath/shower

And it will help, especially with shoulders, knees and hips. Icy Hot once a week if you are prone to such stiffness.

 

[radepor]

Try this one

Yoga is good; this is a back exercise that should work your hip.

Lay on your back. Lift your left knee up close to your chin and hold it there in the crook of your left elbow; with the right hand, pull your toes down toward the floor on the right side of your body until you feel the stretch but not so much as to feel pain. Hold for a count of five.

Repeat five times. Alternate to the right leg.

I am not a doctor. If you hurt yourself, I was never here.

Does anyone have any flexibility exercises that might help with being tied up? I've noticed that my hip flexors are the part that feel the most uncomfortable. I'm not a naturally flexible person and I workout a lot so I'm often tight. Shoulders are also a part that get's really tight and aches.

 

[caged_doll]

Great ideas! I am tight in my upper body and a lot of the ties I would like to have done to me require my arms to go behind my back together and it's really hard to get them there. So I will have to take up yoga, I think.

 

[ecstaticsub]

One of the advantages of yoga over regular stretch exercises is that yoga teaches you to breath and relax into the stretch. I find I can stretch much further and without injury when part of my yoga routine.