By: Gareth Burnham | 2012-02-24 | Wellness As I've said many other times, the Hip Flexor is an area that has become more and more susceptible to tightness due to modern habits. Now ideally you should be performing these stretches every day for at least 5 minutes, if you can do up to 10 or 15 minutes even better. read more
By: jonleung | 2011-01-08 | Health & Fitness Did you know that when you are doing abdominal exercises such as leg raises, sit ups or bicycle crunches you are actually making use of your hip flexors? Here is some vital information about these muscles and a simple exercise that you can do anywhere. read more
By: Jennifer M. Regan | 2010-04-03 | Exercise The active kneeling hip flexor stretch aims to achieve flexibility in the hip flexors, a group of muscles that are often tight in many athletes. Runners, dancers, golfers, and track athletes often fall into this category. The active kneeling hip flexor stretch also works well for those who spend most of their day in a seated position. Please read this article to learn more about how to add this exercise to your training regimen. read more
By: Matt Maresca | 2010-03-27 | Health & Fitness Stretching is one of the most underrated aspects of health and fitness. A good fitness program should always include stretching. In fact, any type of healthy lifestyle must include stretching for long-term health and comfort. read more
By: John Lamper | 2012-01-08 | Exercise During hip flexor strengthening it’s important to start very SLOWLY, and gradually build up both resistance and volume in order to make sure you do not have a re-occurrence of your injury. The first day back to strengthening your muscles, you only want to do one or two sets of one or two exercises. The exact plan you should follow will be explained at the end of this article, but first, here are read more
By: John Lamper | 2012-01-16 | Health & Fitness When we think of tendonitis we think of getting old and aging getting the best of us. This doesn't mean that we are not vulnerable to tendonitis, more specifically hip flexor tendonitis earlier on in our lives when we are more or less healthy. This article should cover all the information you need about the injury. read more
By: lindsey | 2012-02-09 | Exercise Hip Flexors are typically uncared for in the case of power training. Those muscle groups are very important for all types of carrying and athletic activities read more
By: John Lamper | 2012-01-12 | Exercise If you are experiencing hip flexor pain, but you’re not sure what type of injury you have suffered, or how bad it is, this article should answer those questions for you. There are three main types of hip flexor pain... read more
By: Mike | 2012-02-10 | Back Pain Posture is generally regarded as one of the factors of back pain but it is one of the few factor which causes back pain. read more
By: Mike | 2012-01-17 | Back Pain When we require to do back posture exercises, then we need to understand one fact that back muscles and abdominal muscles are found to be core muscles. In this regards, we can see the prevalence of different back strengthening exercises to support the spine. read more
By: Johnny Cartwright | 2010-03-27 | Recreation & Sports If you're about to engage in a competitive game of bowling, it's a good idea to take a few moments to warm up. There are several quick and easy exercises you can use to get your muscles limbered up and ready to move. read more
By: george jhon | 2011-04-21 | Health & Fitness Do you experience tight or tense muscles? Do you feel that even though you do your exercise at the gym, park, beach or home you still have these tight or tense muscles? You may not be devoting enough ... read more
By: John Lamper | 2012-01-18 | Health & Fitness Runners have been plagued by hip flexor injuries since the beginning of time, which is why it is important to understand how these injuries are caused and what we can do to prevent them... read more
By: John Lamper | 2011-12-18 | Health & Fitness The hip flexor is a muscle group that encompasses many smaller muscles at the front of your body in your hip region. This is the most important muscle for lifting up the leg, which we do for many common activities. It is important to know what happens internally when you get a hip flexor injury. This article will identify the most common ways to injure this muscle group and what your next steps sh read more
By: Patterns | 2010-11-04 | Golf The supine hip-rotation stretch is a safe and effective exercise to help you reduce hip-rotation tightness and, therefore, improve your ability to make a full turn around your hips during a full golf swing. read more