Your glute muscles are important for nearly every movement, posture, and pain prevention. When your glutes are strong and functioning properly, they help with things such as stabilizing your pelvis, supporting your spine, improving posture, helping with walking, stairs, running, etc.
When glutes are weak or not working properly, other muscles overcompensate, which can lead to discomfort, dysfunction and even injury.
There are three gluteal muscles, the gluteus maximus, medius and minimus. The gluteus maximus, or glute max, is large and powerful. It extends the hips, and helps with standing up, walking, and climbing stairs. The gluteus medius is on the outer side of the hip and helps with stabilizing the pelvis during activities. The gluteus minimus sits underneath the others and attaches deeper into the side of your pelvis. The two muscles work together to support pelvic alignment, lateral movement and internal rotation of the legs.
Glute Exercises from Doctor Jo mentioned in this video:
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