looked at the last one.. I'd focus on proper spinal alignment in the stretches.

The body also goes for the easiest route or away from pain and we tend to avoid stretches we are trying to do. Often proper spinal alignment makes the stretch much harder and we have to back off loads to do the same stretch. Even if you feel the area stretching you are also stretching some of the wrong stuff and teaching your body to be out of alignment if doing the motions in a dynamic situation (like sport).

Sitting and stretching the hamstrings with one leg out in front... try that with neutral curves in the spine and you won't get near as far.

You'll see in the pics and with almost anyone stretching that the back is rounded out (especially lumbar region).

I feel a better starting point is laying on your back with!!! a lumbar support (towel roll thickness of hand and with of hand placed about belly button height) and then slip a rope over one foot and raise it holding it with your hands and keeping your butt in line and 'sit bones' on the floor.

I know this is for hamstrings (easier to describe in writing than others) but I share it to make a point. If you try a stretch while maintaining proper spinal alignment you get a vastly different stretch (some hold exceptions).

I would recommend (my bias) a CHEK Exercise Coach or higher (CHEK Practitioner level I and up).

"How To Eat, MOve and Be Healthy" - Paul Chek has some simplified but very good stretches for problem areas with good form.

The higher up you go they get into some very cool stretches and movement patterns that work with the nervous system and the brain and the nerves etc as well as the muscles.

My long time old training partner had many hip problems and tried many many things. Right now he is working with a CHEK level IIII out of California. He has worked with different stretching programs and different types of massage and physio therapists for at least 5 years specifically on the hips.

Food is huge in flexibility too.

I would also recommend, especially with chronic issues to do some Qi Gong exercises (or the like) specifically designed for bringing Qi (or energy) to that area of the body. "How To Eat, Move and Be Healthy" has a few to choose from for each area of the body taken from Qi Gong, Yoga, Tai Chi etc

Safety, security, tribal issues etc are often related to below the waist energy blockages (might sound out to lunch to you but it fits in my belief system and experience). In todays world that includes financial stress etc...

As you increase sensitivity to your body you can actually feel the Qi flow through it giving you your own experience of evidence that this indeed does have effects.

EFT can help big time too. Like I said I have seen over a 20 degree increase in minutes. It is also something you can learn quite easily how to do yourself.