* tight hamstrings
* and front legs, I assume meaning her quadriceps
Her daughter's aim is to get higher leg extensions.
The ballet teacher says its her hips but the daughter describes the above. I recommend the ballet student reads the articles below:
A muscle stretching exercise;
"For your low back and hip area: stand with feet together, and take a long step forward. Keep your hips and low back upright, and place your hands on your hips so you can feel it if your posture changes.
Bend your back leg slowly, lowering into a runner's lunge, not uncomfortably deep. You will feel the stretch at the front of your hips. The posture muscles at the front of your spine will get this stretch as well, and also the front of your back thigh. Hold for a 10 count, and switch legs."
For a flexibility exercises DVD, with massage techniques and myofascial release, get your dancer the Flexibility Workout For Athletes.
