I'm not seeing any progress on my middle splits and think maybe i need some other stretches, so I'm seeking help. A few notes:
1. I'm making pretty good progress on feet-together flexibility (toe touching), but when I split my legs, my hamstrings are super tight and I don't feel like they are getting a stretch. I've been trying for about 6 months
2. Coach Sommer originally suggested I was stretching too intensely, and this was the cause of pain. He was right, i backed off, and my pain is gone, but i don't feel like i'm making much progress, if any.
3. I've tried rolling out the tightest parts of my upper leg/back of the glute with a ball. It's (very) tender and i've been working on it for about a year. I roll about once or twice a week. This seems to help. It's getting less sensitive and i feel I can stretch further with feet together, but it still feels like there's something holding back my hamstring stretch in the middle-split.
I know what a "stretch" feels like in parts of my body where I make progress. But, i can't seem to get that in my hamstrings with a middle-split. It just feels like the muscles are being pulled. Not sure what's going on.
Thanks for any help.