Then, switch sides. The crossed leg hip rotator stretch targets the hips and outer thighs, which help increase hip joint mobility. This is one of Dr. Roth’s favorite static hip stretches.

“When your knees are at 90 degrees while sitting, the hip flexor muscles are held in a shortened position – you’re keeping ...

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

If you focus on proper form, a consistent mobility and strength routine can significantly improve your hip health. “It’s not ...

Dealing with knee or back pain? It could be due to tight hip abductors. Here's how to stretch your hip abductors, per an expert.

Kristina Schmidt, 24, developed agonizing pain in her right hip that “felt like someone was tearing her leg off” and ...

If the hip sleeper stretch aggravates your knees, give this one bodyweight exercise a try instead to get you started. It’s a little kinder to the knee joint and uses movement from a prone position.

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

This exercise is effective because repositioning the hip joint stretches the hip flexors from three different angles, ensuring all the muscles involved are engaged and released. Adding a side bend ...

Your SI joint, or sacroiliac joint, connects your sacrum (otherwise known as the tailbone) and your illiac, the bone of the topside of your pelvis. Technically, there's two of these joints—one on ...

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(CNN) — If you have ever felt tension in the front of your hips after sitting too long, struggled with lower back pain or had difficulty touching your toes, your hip flexors may be to blame.