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Purpose: Strengthen the hamstrings muscles without having to move the knee. Starting Position: Sit in a chair with your heel against the leg of the chair and your feet firmly on the floor. Action: Press your heel firmly backwards into the chair leg feeling the back of your thigh tightening/clenching.
Stretching helps tight hamstrings. Photo Credit Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images. Your hamstrings are the three muscles than are located in the back of your thigh. The muscle group is large, running from your pelvic region to just below your knee in the lower leg.Hamstring injuries are common among athletes, pulls and strains from overworking tight hamstrings can become quite painful.tretching helps tight hamstrings. Photo Credit Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images. Your hamstrings are the three muscles than are located in the back of your thigh. The muscle group is large, running from your pelvic region to just below your knee in the lower leg.