“Doing the couch stretch – loosening up the quads, hip flexors and piriformis [a muscle running from the lower spine to the top of the thighs] – will really help you loosen up the hips, and [ease] the ...
What many people might not know, however, is just how complicated the hip joint is. There are about 20 different muscles that act on the joint and move your leg in all different directions ...
According to Blakey, our sedentary lifestyles can cause an imbalance and deconditioning of the hip muscles. “Long periods of sitting and a lack of exercise can cause the hip flexor muscles to ...
Push into the back foot and squeeze the glute on the same side, while pushing the hip forward and releasing through the flexors,” suggests Parmar. Muscle imbalance in the legs and around the ...