1. Lie on your stomach and place your hands directly under your shoulders with your palms flat on the floor. 2. Press up, ...

Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book ...

but it’s particularly bad for your hip flexors – the five muscles that facilitate movement in the hip joint – because it causes them to shorten and tense up. This can make exercises that ...

Runners often concentrate on building strength in their calves, glutes, hamstrings and quads, but one crucial muscle group that's often neglected is the hip flexor ... and the joint doesn't ...

When the muscles around this key joint aren’t firing on all cylinders, it can throw off your entire stride, leaving you stuck ...

Come back up. And then feel it on the other side. Also the hip flexor in your quads, basically get some kind of balance pull that up. Just pull that back into a stretch. Repeat for the other side.

Place a rolled up towel or foam roller just above your low back. Place your hands behind your head. Exhale slowly as you ...

Hips rotate forward causing lengthened hip flexors and shortened lumbar extensors (Figure A) After long term exposure to this positioning the muscles will adjust to these improper lengths. Figure C ...

Why the 3-way hip flexor release works This exercise is effective because repositioning the hip joint stretches the hip flexors from three different angles, ensuring all the muscles involved are ...