When it comes to your hip flexors, you're likely focused (or, obsessed, in our case) on stretching them. However, with this critical muscle group, there's a key element you're probably neglecting: ...

Lie on your back, pressing your lower back into the floor. Slowly lift and bend your right knee until it’s bent to 90° and ...

If you have tight hips, you'll know. A nagging tension and stiffness causing serious discomfort and limited mobility, and perhaps even accompanied by lower-back pain and hamstring pain, tight and weak ...

When it comes to a strong lower body, our hips are on the front lines. These hip flexor exercises will save your body from all that sitting. A generation ago, few people worried about tight hip ...

When it comes to which elements of your stride you can improve, your hips don’t lie. That’s because hip flexors—the muscles that allow flexion at the hip joint—play a huge role in fluid running, and a ...

Clift says these exercises typically involve lifting the thigh towards the torso or resisting extension at the hip joint. “Examples include standing knee raises, leg lifts, lunges with a high knee ...

When I first pulled my hamstring muscle while doing sprints at 16, I was in pain and also so confused. Before every soccer practice or game, my team completed a pretty lengthy stretch sesh, which ...

If you've ever run, jumped or been told you have good posture, you have your hip flexor muscles to thank. On the other end, muscle pain and immobility issues are also often connected to problems ...

Have your hip flexors been feeling all tight and fussy lately? If so, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve asked physical therapists for the best stretches for hip pain to help ease that uncomfy ...