try this stretch...

[shengoikee]

i get a strange sensation when i do this stretch with the leading foot turned outwards and the knee slightly bent (as if doing a glute stretch with the leg somewhat more extended) {also try grabbing the foot}. i'm almost certain it's the feeling of pressure on the sciatic but i'm not sure.

http://www.fpes.com.au/images/Hamstring_Stretch.JPG

[Papa Lazarou]

The sciatic is the one running under the outer edge of the knee right?

I feel a nerve pinchish thing there when I do what you're talking about. Actually this same feeling used to prevent me from doing the toe touch at all, which was incredibly annoying!

[shengoikee]

it's kinda weird haha

like you could snap the nerve if you slammed your head forwards

[uFail]

Sexy legs

[anfeyd]

I would imagine this would put a lot of pressure on the nerve. Why Dave, did you attempt this awkward bent leg outward turned foot positioning in the first place?

[shengoikee]

for lulz

actually i just happened to noticed it one time whilst i was doing a different stretch

[TricksterBee]

we do that at school, nothing new

[Papa Lazarou]

Pinch your sciatic nerve?

[Ewasiuk]

Doesn't really affect me. My sciatic acts up in different awkward stretches though.

[Papa Lazarou]

Actually I think this is the peroneal nerve?

...ah, wiki tells me the peroneal is a branch of the sciatic. I love anatomy :tongue: