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Showing posts with label hip flexor stretch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hip flexor stretch. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

How to stretch iliopsoas?



Use your couch for opening up the front hip and leg muscles. This is an advanced stretch technique which targets hip flexors, quadriceps and anterior tibialis muscles. Great stretch for runners and athletes or anyone looking to open up the hip from too much sitting and biking.  It's also used for treating anterior hip pain after injury or from repetitive strain and poor mechanics.

Friday, May 31, 2013

How to stretch for piriformis pain?



In this video is on hip stretch for piriformis and hip joint flexibility. It is a safe and effective hip stretch to improve the flexibility of the hip and surrounding hip muscles. This hip stretch an help relieve low back pain, sciatica, running injuries, patellar tendonitis, ITB syndrome, and some hip pain issues. This is also a great stretch to improve flexibility of the IT band and prevent running related injuries like runners knee. It's important to make this exercise part of you daily stretch routine.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

How to prevent running injuries with hip stretching?



Easy hip stretch to open up the hip joint and muscles. I am really emphasizing hip openers for anyone looking to improve their running performance and running after injury. This is a great stretch that stretches both hips in multiple planes and specially great for opening up the hip joint for better movement and preventing running injury. A must after you finish your run or other athletic activities. Most of us sit too much and over time tend to get stiffer and stiffer through the hips often leading to lots of problems like low back pain, knee pain, sacroiliac joint pain, hip pain, etc. You don’t need anything fancy, I am using a picnic bench and it works great.