Hip extension range of motion is crucial for normal lower back, hip, and knee function. But for many of us, our hip extension range is lacking, possibly without us even knowing.
Thanks to the modern world and our thirst for sitting-related activities, it's easy for the tissue at the front of our hips to become tight and covertly restrictive. And any restriction in this tissue can change the way we load anything and everything around it.
As mentioned above, I find so much lower back, hip, and knee dysfunction can be positively impacted by just showing someone how to free up the front of their hips. We focus so much on muscular strength but often neglect our basic, inherent natural ranges of motion.
It's worth mentioning, that it's not just tight hip flexors that account for a lack of hip extension, but also the front of the hip joint capsule. So it goes without saying, that not only do we need to find ways to free up the soft tissue that crosses the front of the hip, but also the deeper joint tissue as well.
In this video, I cover five simple, at-home strategies you can do today to instantly improve your hip extension range of motion. Give each of these a try and let me know in the comments of the video which one you felt had THE biggest impact on how you feel and function
- Grant
TIMESTAMPS:
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:38 Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
- 2:34 The Couch Stretch
- 4:20 Banded Anterior Hip Capsule Stretch
- 7:03 Anterior Hip Ball Mobility
- 8:52 Lunges
- 10:53 A Common Cause of a Loss of Hip Extension
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- Grant
Related: How to Do the Couch Stretch