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

“Doing the couch stretch – loosening up the quads, hip flexors and piriformis [a muscle running from the lower spine to the ...

Slowly lean forward until you feel a ... strengthening the quads and hip flexors while slightly stretching them. Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor.

1. Stand in a doorway. Cross one leg over the other leg. 2. Reach toward the side with the leg that’s in front. 3. Push onto ...

Come back up. And then feel it on the other side. Also the hip flexor in your ... is up like that you will be stretching this muscle in this fashion. All you do is lean forward and that pulls ...

Fitness instructors say these simple movements go a long way for building flexibility, body awareness and confidence.

Increasing internal rotation improves various aspects of your hip health, including muscle flexibility, joint mobility, ...

The group of muscles that allow bending at the hip, the hips flexors ... then back to the centre. Slowly go through the range of motion, then hold for five breaths for good hip stretches.

Here are three static stretches ... back. You can stretch it more aggressively by putting your foot up on a couch or bench. You can also do this and bring your arm upward. This addresses the hip ...

From trauma-releasing stretches ... the lower back. In turn, this can trigger pain. Long explains: “Tight hip flexors can cause an anterior tilt of the pelvis [a forward lean], as well as ...

Also known as the ‘couch stretch’, “the hip flexor lunge helps release tension in the hips, as well as improving posture, reducing lower back pain and increasing stride length,” says Rachele.