Hello! Background: I had a herniated disc a few years ago, and an L5-S1 micro discectomy to remove a loose disc fragment a little over a year ago. I'm about 6'5", and have always had very poor flexibility, despite trying and trying to keep up, I grew very fast!
Started some sport again recently, and have been doing pilates for a few months, but! What i thought were inflexible hamstrings feels like something different. Yes my hamstrings (and infact everything from my shoulders to my heel) are very inflexible, but when i isolate muscles i feel the definite muscular stretch in my calf, hamstring, and glutes, but if i do say downward dog (yoga posture) or just try and touch my toes, i get a sharp, v uncomfortable, nervy pain. I doesn't have any of the satisfaction of a muscular stretch, and its like its desperately trying to pop my knees out (bend them, rather than dislocate them!). It is not a sudden shooting pain, but increaases with intensity as i stretch further, but becomes pretty unbearable if i push.
Its pretty infuriating, and it means flexibility progress has been glacial. Has anyone got any ideas??

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