The hip flexors are a group of muscles located toward the front of your hips and the top of your thighs. There are five types of hip flexor muscles: the iliacus, pectineus, psoas major, rectus ...

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

When the muscles around this key joint aren’t firing on all cylinders, it can throw off your entire stride, leaving you stuck ...

Lie faceup with your arms by your sides, knees bent and feet flat on the floor hip-width apart. Your feet should be close ...

Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book ...

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

Exercising too much with a desk job left a man unable to walk from hip and back pain. Simple physical therapy and nutrition ...

But if you start to experience frequent pain in the hips and pelvis that makes ... The iliacus is a key part of the larger and better-known hip flexor (the other main muscle being the psoas).

‘The iliopsoas is the strongest group of muscles in the hip flexors, connecting the spine ... you’ve got a one way ticket to issues like pain and limited mobility. ‘The more time we spend ...

What’s the connection between my old hip injury and lower back pain? Rachele Gilman, stretchologist and director at Stretch inc explains: “The hip flexors consist of several muscles, one of ...