Hi,

If you can feel the stretch nearly straight away but can get your hands down to the mid shin area, it is possible that your muscles and/or nerves are restricting your range but it is more likely that your muscles are overactive...you see, given that you can still move quite a fair distance after the stretching has started would say to me that the physical length of your muscles and nerves are not limiting your movement...

You say it is either a muscle or a joint but don't forget that it could be a nerve problem, a back problem or even simply a coordination (motor control) problem...so don't limit the possibilities of what it could be

As for finding someone who knows, i would suggest you email [email protected] to find out who to contact in the UK about who has done the Discover Physio Series or any of their other courses...they will probably think in a similar way to what i have portrayed here. Otherwise, you could contact people from Manual Concepts and ask them the same thing - they are australian educators who do the UK as well. Then if that fails, you could try other educators - sorry, i only know of those 2 personally.

All the best