This real-time hip routine features easy stretches & exercises that can help strengthen the hips & relieve pain. It can also help decrease hip tightness and improve overall hip flexibility.
These hip stretches and exercises are not only great for the hip, but they are also great for the knees and back.
For this routine, you will need a stretch strap, belt, or dog leash to stretch, and a ball, pillow, or yoga block to push into.
Let’s begin with a quick 2 minute warm up to help get the muscles loose and ready to go. Seated hip flexion, long arc quads (leg/knee extension), and sit to stands will help the muscles get ready for the routine.
After the warm up, isometric exercises are a great way to activate the muscles, but not make big movements that might cause pain. Hip flexion, hip abduction, and hip adduction isometrics will help activate the muscles around the hip to improve stability and decrease pain.
Then going into some full stretches with a hamstring stretch, IT band stretch, quad stretch, and a hip flexor stretch will really help improve motion and decrease tight muscles.
Finally, in standing, hip flexion/extension, hip abduction/adduction, and mini squats are great exercises to work the muscles you have just lengthened and loosened up.
These hip exercises are great for strengthening your hips to help relieve hip pain. They go from lying down to sitting down to standing up and range from pretty easy to hard depending on your injury.
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This real-time hip routine features easy stretches & exercises that can help strengthen the hips & relieve pain. It can also help decrease hip tightness and improve overall hip flexibility.
