Get More Stretch Out Of Your Hip Flexors
This is probably one of my favourite hip flexor stretches. From a muscle standpoint, this is a great exercise to stretch both the quadriceps and ilipsoas out.
Tips To Performing This Stretch
- Ensure you have something to kneel to reduce irritation of the downside knee.
- Keep your hip and torso directly over the downside knee.
- Increase the stretch by getting your knee closer to the wall, decrease the stretch by moving further away from the wall.
- Tighten your glute on the downside knee to try and posteriorize the hip. This will give you a greater stretch feeling.
- For those wanting to get more out of the stretch. Use the same side arm as the downside knee to reach up towards the roof as far as you can.
- For those who need a bit more stability, use a stick and drive pressure into the ground with the arms (see image below).
- As with all stretching, it should feel like a mild stretch discomfort, but there should be no pain.
- Aim to hold for 30-60 seconds.
The above exercise is a modification on the standard hip flexor stretch. This was taught to me whilst on the FMS and SFMA course by the Functional Movement System.
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