If I didn’t already know what you were talking about, this video would be confusing as hell. For those confused in the comments you can stretch it if there is a tightness meaning your leg doesn’t drop when you do the test they showed, the leg stays up in the air. You shouldn’t stretch it if the leg drops completely in both cases at the thigh and hip level tests because that just may mean that you hip flexor is weak and needs to be strengthened. Stretching a weak muscle does not do any good for you because you are pulling a part an already loose and underworked muscle and can cause more injury. The answer to whether or not you should stretch the hip flexors lies in if you find a tightness or a weakness in the test they showed, depending on the results of the test, you address your hip flexors accordingly. These two just kind of circled each other aimlessly. The video was very all over the place.
Really, the first thing they said in the video was that if you do not have tight hip flexors then you could do damage. Literally at 0:33 seconds. How confusing is that.
here's a few tips for ways to exercise hip flexors Gradually start walking further daily Begin an anti-inflammatory diet Consider starting yoga lessons Checkout some online guides (I learned these and why they work from Fergs pain ease website )
Yes, thank you! I love stretching my hip flexors and I'm also in my 20's. I saw this and was like wtf!? This was total click bait. What their title should have said was... how to care for you hip flexors(especially when your of a certain age) properly when stretching. The first step - take test and find out if your hips are loose or tight address accordingly..etc etc so on and so forth. Something along those lines for a title but not STOP stretching your hip flexors!! geez and then sit there and talk about the weather and the weekend. omg! blah blah come on guys be a little more genuine and organized.
Theses guys are great but now I am totally confused and I’ve been doing hip band stretches for for pain only at one inside hip while entering a car . Maybe I shouldn’t be doing stretches? The test showed a good flex and no real tightness? I’m 60 yr old male
These videos are the best I've ever seen around physical therapy. No overconfident guarantees with a lack of hard science and experience. Good work guys! Thank you!
I started working in a gym fairly recently. Most of the time I’m at the front desk but ever since I started watching Jeff cavalier and these two wonderful people, I feel much more confident and really understand so much more about training in a healthy and injury free way to strengthen the body for decades to come. thanks guys, this video was awesome
Super interesting. I was training for a 5k and later a 10k. I was always stretching my hip flexers because a runner friend of mine said I should. I developed really bad pain in my right hip flexor after all my running and and wondered why and now this may explain why.
Thank you SO much for briefly addressing joint hypermobility (or, "looseness"). I have Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS... formerly known as EDS Type 3) and immediately recognized the test you did with the thumb reaching the inside of your wrist... I think a video on the Beighton Score and the signs, risks, etc associated with hypermobility would be extremely useful for many viewers. I have always been known as the the girl who was circus-freak-flexible and I've had a long and varied history of joint dislocations, yet the widespread ignorance among doctors about joint hypermobility syndrome and hEDS resulted in me not receiving a diagnosis until I was 30 and nearly disabled from pain. Even after getting diagnosed (that thumb test in your video was one of the factors in my diagnosis!), moving to Houston to be near the "top" genetic connective tissue team in the country, and seeing PM&R docs twice weekly, my condition continued to deteriorate. It wasn't until I finally found a physical therapist willing to educate himself on my uniquely floppy body (... and a Rolfing practitioner...and a Pilates instructor who also happened to have hEDS but was treated properly at an early age in life... and spending a year becoming a CPT/ an expert on hEDS) that I started to see improvements. I think a video on hypermobility could be really eye opening for a lot of parents, doctors, and maybe even some achy-stretchy people out there. Please feel free to DM me with any questions!
Have you run into any paricularly good books or other resources on hypermobility? So far Ive just found that strength training with perfect form every time and ultra conscious of how I move keeps things manageable... moving perfectly all the time is pretty tough though, so. Just last year finally had a doctor say yup, that is WAY too much movement, and it's probably genetic. Fun times.
Most of my muscles are really flexible from doing Ballet. No wonder I have awful joints. When I went to physical therapy for my Pars Defect, my (very wonderful) Physical therapist said that I have big problems with having both really strong and flexible muscles, and that I end up underestimating my strength, making my joints shift and grind when working out. I'd love a video on how to correct these sorts of problems.
Just do the damn oversplits and kung fu horse positions already and don't listen to PTs whose entire experience is in treating old half-crippled people like themselves.
They're not saying no one should ever stretch their hip flexors. They're saying SOME people should not stretch them because their flexors are loose to begin with and so stretching them could introduce problems.
From an Auto Accident I developed TMJ, and the Tens Unit was a life saver. I still needed braces, but the Tens Unit was an immense pain stopper. And I've dance Ballet since the age of six. It was the Russian Method, it's the best method due it's low injury percentage. The exercise in the video is ideal.
Very clear. Thanks. Having trouble since doing some intense runs. Before I did all sorts of excess stretching...just made it worse. I made it a point to come back to this video as testimonial. My flexors were fine, I had more if a weakness issue based on these guys tests. So I stop excess stretching of the flexors. Improved in a day, Also the sleep position with pillow between legs improved everything another 50%. Just need some flexor strength training which AthleanX goes over. .
Hi Bob, Brad, great video. I believe you make a small deduction error: When your straight leg is not coming down below the horizontal plane, it not necessarily means both hip-flexors and rectus femoris/sartorius aren't flexible enough. Only when bending the leg gives even less flexibility, then you know it's both muscle groups causing the stiffness, otherwise the only certainty is that the hip-flexors are the culprit, and improving those combined with new testing should point out whether the sartorius/rectus femoris need some stretching as well. Besides that, I love this test, I already use it a lot in my gymnastics classes to determine which muscles need attention to improve the splits. I wonder what your thoughts are regarding the actual effect of stretching: does it really lengthen the muscle, or only delay the neurological safety stop when applying stress. The latter theory gains more support lately I believe. However, if you are only interested in the end result, does it matter? if the latter theory where true, does that require more care in the stretching process or limit the maximum elongation? I really love watching your videos and already learned a lot from your advice.
Great video duo..just out of curiosity, what are the stretches one can do everyday(with frequency) to avoid tight hip flexor or weak hip flexor in the first place?
As far as the really loose flexible people, some people have a condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Also known as EDS, there is a test that can be done the thumb to forearm is one, but another is for checking how loose the skin is.
Guys, the cabinet on the left needs a bit of adjustment on one the doors. Imagine if you did a video on pelvic tilt and how to correct it, while having a tilted cabinet door in the background. Would be a catastrophe! You're welcome :D
I'm not hypermobile or anything but for some reason my hip flexors are craaaazy loose. I used to stretch them still and was wondering why I never felt a stretch no matter how far I tried to go...now I know why! I won't be doing that anymore. Thanks!
I always wondered why stretching my hip flexor never felt like a normal stretch-- it always felt slightly numb and forced, but I just assumed it was a normal sensation. Thank you for making this video-- hopefully I can stop adding unnecessary pressure to my joints now!
Yes this! I've always gotten weird tingling and not really anything 'muscular' happening with these stretches. Think I may have just been slamming against the end of my range for no reason.
Any input about how to adjust in yoga which, in my experience, has a lot of hip flexor stretching built into it, but is considered (and I've seen) to be positive for the body? I am also wanting to increase strength and flexibility (as in being very limber overall for dance and fitness purposes) and classes all have you stretch the hip flexor, for example in back bends, etc. When I do these exercises you show, I know I am not tight, yet, in classes like the ones I mentioned above, I'm not necessarily considered "super flexible" or able to do all the moves. Could the issue be strength in accompanying muscles and not tightness in the hip flexor? Or something else? Any thoughts? I don't want to hurt myself. Much appreciated, love your channel!
You guys are awesome, but I was wondering if you could alternate between using layman's terms for parts of the body as well as anatomical terms. That way we could understand a bit more as well as learn these terms. Thanks!
Thanks.. but I need to be able to do full splits... so it's very difficult to avoid stretching the hip flexors.. I'll try to see if I can avoid it. Thanks again. I do have lots of lower back issues
Q: I EXCELLED at strait leg off the bench, but TIGHT at bent leg off bench - BUT I can excel at the rectus femoris lying stretch . WHY ? this doesnt make sense per your video - any insights appreciated. thanks and PS WOW you guys are in great mobility ! Thanks for this !
So I have pain in the hip flexor area when I lift the leg up and also hear a small snap. But I’m also loose. It’s muscles according to my physical therapist ( also confirmed by ultrasound). He told me to stretch the hipflexor. The question is: Should I keep stretching even tho I’m loose, or not?
I'm sorry but Athleanx Made a video about a year before you with the exact same tilte and exact same cover photo. I follow you both , but this feels like a copy
I'm desperate. I have so much pain in my hips and flexors. They are very loose, and I'm very flexible. My PT keeps throwing stretches at me, but my pain never goes away. My flexors continue to pop/crack, which is very painful. I've had MRIs and they can't figure it out. I'm at a loss what to do.
The worst pain I've ever felt was when . One or all of those muscles cramping, at the same time. Heaps intense and frightening. I could almost feel myself wanting to pass out .Was unable stretch coz i was driving at the time doing 60mph on a packed highway.
So, say that your hip flexors and the other muscles you mentioned ARENT the problem? Well I ask this because the patient is trying those stretches for reason..that is, they have tightness! So, if the patient is feeling some kind of hip pain and it's not addressed through those muscles, what are some other muscles they can stretch or strengthen? Also, is it possible to tighten up those loose morals--I mean, Joints?
absolutely not. om a gymnast and i have to stretch my hip flexors in order to maintain a oversplit in my leaps and jumps. i have been doing i for 5 years and im fine
From my experience you need to strengthen your glutes and hamstrings as well as stretch your hip flexors and quads. Results never stayed until I started doing this. Lower back should feel tight after you've stretched your quads too. I found a nice long forward bend whilst maintaining a posterior pelvic tilt stretched this nicely. Foam roller should be your best friend as well. Back pain is no joke. Be well
What do you do if you feel tightness in the area of the hip flexors while walking...that is they become tight after walking some distance? But you are one of the stretchy people with loose joints and the test says your hip flexors are not tight at all? I can put my palms flat on floor with straight legs. So what is the tightness I feel then while walking? And then my lower back gets achy too. Any ideas? I also have natural hyperextended knees. Is it caused by weak core muscles?
So I play football, and I got injured and the doctor said I have a sprained hip. what can i do to help it heal, it’s been two months already, but I didn’t let it heal but now I regret not taking care of it . What can I do?.
Do the test first - If your leg reach down as shown then do not stretch - If your leg doesn’t reach that far then you have a tight group of muscle and you should do these stretches
Ok so I’m tall, thin, very active riding 50 mile endurance rides on my horse and I’m almost 51 but within the last year I’ve noticed pain in my left hip flexor. Sometimes it sticks when I’m sitting and I can’t get my hip to straighten unless I have help standing up without using that leg at all. I was thinking maybe I just need to start stretching my hip flexor on that leg until I came across your video. I am a right side sleeper, sometimes I’m on my back but for the most part I can sleep all night long on my right side. With that being said, I’m going to try to use your pillow trick. About how long will I need to do this before I start seeing some type of results? And yes I can bend my thumb all the way back and almost touch my forearm however I’m only like that in my fingers, the rest of my body doesn’t bend so extreme like that. Like I can’t do a bridge up very well because my back does not bend backwards like that. And I cannot sit on my feet like some people can squat down and sit there. My ankles don’t bend far forward far enough over my feet to balance like that, and I’ll end up falling over backwards. I tried testing your theory on a bench with one knee up and the other one hanging but you don’t really specify whether or not we are supposed to pull the knee up as far as we can towards our body or just at a 50-60 degree angle like the demonstrator is doing, because yes my leg does drop below the table but it all depends on how far I pull my leg up towards my body. If I’m nearly touching my knee to my belly, then the leg does not hang past the table. But if I don’t bring my leg up that close to my body, then my knee will drop below the table. Yes I’m a pain, there’s always a technicality somewhere. Sorry for the long question.
Should you only stretch the hips when you feel them being tight? Mines were really tight a month ago and then I watched your hip stretching video and have been doing those exercises ever sense. My hips aren’t tight anymore. I have degenerative disc disease. I also have decent flexibility
I have a question for you guys....my right jaw, (I mean from my perspective, not looking at me but on my right) is lower than the left, slanting my face side-ways in photos and speaking. But my tail-bone is also lower than the left! My right shoulder and breast and slightly lower than the right. You have to be perceptive to see it but it is there. I have virtually no pain, just a little irritation now and then in my left leg (the sciatic nerve). Flattened lumbar on the right, 4-5 disc bulge. I'm in good shape though. What's the best exercise to ge rid of the drop, make the right side of my face even with the left and shoulder too? Is it the one where I put my arm against the wall in a sidewards posture standing and swing my right hips into the wall and back again?
For months I had pain in my hip flexors and I figured they must be stiff or something. When I went to the rheutmatologist, they told me I have very hypermobile hips! These stretches are the WORST
The content may be helpful but the title could lead people to think no one should ever stretch their hip flexors. Isn't that what the title says. I know the point was to try and get clicks but perhaps there is a better and more accurate way to do that?
@@ashleytaylor994 I do. So if I have been working on glutes I dont need to stretch? Would that go for other muscles too? If I do bodybuilding and train posterior and anterior muscles should I not stretch?
billybats36 if hips are tight, just do a quick set of glutes. You probably need more glute work, 3 to 1 ratio. Most Olympic lifters don't stretch because it decreases strength
@@ashleytaylor994 Ok thanks. Yea i have read stretching before lifting weakens the muscles. I follow a strongman and powerlifter on youtube and they do mobility work.
I've just discovered the channel and I'm enjoying the content. Thanks. Have a question, tho: I practice martial arts, train daily and get strenuous activity in the hip flexors area particularly when kicking; I'm also etremely flexible in the hips in all directions. As Bob mentioned it can get painful, but actually stretching the flexors for 30'' after every session didn't only help but eliminated all pain within a week, and that seems to have worked for me for the last 3 years. I've seen several videos on this issue but I'm still not convinced this could be bad for me in the long term, specifically because exceptions are not covered. Should I not stretch the flexors even tho it seems to help?
Interesting to see a martial artist's perspective. Thanks for your comment! Although I am neither the owner of the channel or a physical therapist, my take on your question is that every advice should be taken with a grain of salt. Your mileage may vary, sort of kinda deal. These guys are good at what they do, but everybody's body is somewhat different. An office employee's hips will be different from a martial artist who practices regularly. My guess (and it is exactly that. Just an educated guess =P) is for you to just do what has worked for you for the past three years, AND KEEP static STRETCHING AFTER your workouts. And if it hurts to do it, back off the activity and contact your doctor/ specialist.
Been doing kickboxing for a while and have done front folds standing up and seated for 3 years, i went from not being able to touch my toes standing up to touching the floor with a flat palm and not being able to reach my toes seated to putting my hands past my feet. It was all fine but I was feeling some lower back pain at moments and it recently got worse. Stopped doing those and my pain completely went away, i never feel any kind of discomfort at all While for lateral stretches and side splits I've been doing great and those never gave me any problems, although my side split is not full yet, and I've practiced it for around 4 months
Do you have any hip flexor stretch recommendations for seniors? So many of my patients spend the most of the day seated and are constantly in a flexed hip position, but they have very limited balance and range of motion to facilitate stretching.
Not a physical therpist, but maybe the method of laying on your side (on a bed) with knees bent, and taking one leg (by grabbing the heel) and gently pulling it back towards your back is a easy method.
My question is once your front flexors are stretchwd enough by testing it on a flat surface, I can't do a full front split. I guess my hamstrings and buttocks are tight?
Hello Bob and Brad, I am 34, male. My problem is anterior pelvic tilt since I was a teenager. It was not giving me problem for years but I started feeling tightness in lower back after waking and and while standing for long time. I cant generate proper thrust while doing squat and dead lift may be due to glutes max is not firing.propey. is there any permanent treatment for this problem?? Plz advise. I faced problem like chondromalacia pattelae and planter facilities in last 3, 4 years. I am sure all these problems are inter related. Correcting the pelvis will solve all my problem. Plz suggest what should be done.
If I didn’t already know what you were talking about, this video would be confusing as hell. For those confused in the comments you can stretch it if there is a tightness meaning your leg doesn’t drop when you do the test they showed, the leg stays up in the air. You shouldn’t stretch it if the leg drops completely in both cases at the thigh and hip level tests because that just may mean that you hip flexor is weak and needs to be strengthened. Stretching a weak muscle does not do any good for you because you are pulling a part an already loose and underworked muscle and can cause more injury. The answer to whether or not you should stretch the hip flexors lies in if you find a tightness or a weakness in the test they showed, depending on the results of the test, you address your hip flexors accordingly. These two just kind of circled each other aimlessly. The video was very all over the place.
You're right. They could have explained it clearly in a minute or two instead of buggering about.
Really, the first thing they said in the video was that if you do not have tight hip flexors then you could do damage. Literally at 0:33 seconds. How confusing is that.
here's a few tips for ways to exercise hip flexors
Gradually start walking further daily
Begin an anti-inflammatory diet
Consider starting yoga lessons
Checkout some online guides
(I learned these and why they work from Fergs pain ease website )
Yes, thank you! I love stretching my hip flexors and I'm also in my 20's. I saw this and was like wtf!? This was total click bait. What their title should have said was... how to care for you hip flexors(especially when your of a certain age) properly when stretching. The first step - take test and find out if your hips are loose or tight address accordingly..etc etc so on and so forth. Something along those lines for a title but not STOP stretching your hip flexors!! geez and then sit there and talk about the weather and the weekend. omg! blah blah come on guys be a little more genuine and organized.
Theses guys are great but now I am totally confused and I’ve been doing hip band stretches for for pain only at one inside hip while entering a car . Maybe I shouldn’t be doing stretches? The test showed a good flex and no real tightness? I’m 60 yr old male
These videos are the best I've ever seen around physical therapy. No overconfident guarantees with a lack of hard science and experience. Good work guys! Thank you!
Well said, my thoughts exactly
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Athlean-X has a good channel too. He's a professional sports trainer and physical therapist.
Watch athlean x he is also good
Except their advice is terrible.
I started working in a gym fairly recently. Most of the time I’m at the front desk but ever since I started watching Jeff cavalier and these two wonderful people, I feel much more confident and really understand so much more about training in a healthy and injury free way to strengthen the body for decades to come. thanks guys, this video was awesome
Check out Ben Patrick. He’s better than Jeff Cavalier who has used fake weights in videos before
Great video. I am a flexible person and glad you pointed out the overstretching. Just because I can doesnt mean I should. Helpful.
Claire Crowe wow, never thought of that
The pic on the Athenix video is the stretch my Ortho Doc had me doing but in a chair. That was ten years ago. 😀
Dudes you just solved a big thing for me. I'm creating my own problems with stretching my already very loose hip flexors.
i hope the quote in the beginning some day says "if you shake it more than twice, you're playing with it" - Unknown wiseman
lol
Super interesting. I was training for a 5k and later a 10k. I was always stretching my hip flexers because a runner friend of mine said I should. I developed really bad pain in my right hip flexor after all my running and and wondered why and now this may explain why.
Thank you SO much for briefly addressing joint hypermobility (or, "looseness"). I have Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS... formerly known as EDS Type 3) and immediately recognized the test you did with the thumb reaching the inside of your wrist... I think a video on the Beighton Score and the signs, risks, etc associated with hypermobility would be extremely useful for many viewers. I have always been known as the the girl who was circus-freak-flexible and I've had a long and varied history of joint dislocations, yet the widespread ignorance among doctors about joint hypermobility syndrome and hEDS resulted in me not receiving a diagnosis until I was 30 and nearly disabled from pain. Even after getting diagnosed (that thumb test in your video was one of the factors in my diagnosis!), moving to Houston to be near the "top" genetic connective tissue team in the country, and seeing PM&R docs twice weekly, my condition continued to deteriorate. It wasn't until I finally found a physical therapist willing to educate himself on my uniquely floppy body (... and a Rolfing practitioner...and a Pilates instructor who also happened to have hEDS but was treated properly at an early age in life... and spending a year becoming a CPT/ an expert on hEDS) that I started to see improvements. I think a video on hypermobility could be really eye opening for a lot of parents, doctors, and maybe even some achy-stretchy people out there. Please feel free to DM me with any questions!
They do have a few videos on hypermobility.
Have you run into any paricularly good books or other resources on hypermobility? So far Ive just found that strength training with perfect form every time and ultra conscious of how I move keeps things manageable... moving perfectly all the time is pretty tough though, so. Just last year finally had a doctor say yup, that is WAY too much movement, and it's probably genetic. Fun times.
I instantly thought of EDS, especially with the thumb-to-arm test. I don't have it but I've read up on it and watched some videos on here.
I love you guys! I recommend you to everyone. Thanks for your hard work and commitment to helping others!
Thanks! I recently fixed my sciatica with your videos.
Great tips, and thanks so much for improved audio. I’m sharing with my trainer. My hips are really tight.
Most of my muscles are really flexible from doing Ballet. No wonder I have awful joints. When I went to physical therapy for my Pars Defect, my (very wonderful) Physical therapist said that I have big problems with having both really strong and flexible muscles, and that I end up underestimating my strength, making my joints shift and grind when working out. I'd love a video on how to correct these sorts of problems.
Is learning to do the splits bad for you then? And yoga generally I guess.
@@ktkee7161 That's my question too is getting to the splits (and you don't have any hip flexor issues) a problem?
I am thinking that as long as you don't overstretch the muscles and keep proper alignment, it's okay.
I'm just going to keep training for the splits for one simple reason: there's Shaolin monks that can do it all their lives that live a very long life.
Just do the damn oversplits and kung fu horse positions already and don't listen to PTs whose entire experience is in treating old half-crippled people like themselves.
And I've been doing the stretches you showed us on 3 different videos having us stretch our hip flexors, and now we maybe shouldn't. Too late.
If this is true, then I would appreciate a response from Bob and Brad. I'm a relative new subscriber and this info confuses me.
@@EverHappyDude go see a physio, unless you know 100% what to do.. and see a GOOD physio not one to grab your money and run
They're not saying no one should ever stretch their hip flexors. They're saying SOME people should not stretch them because their flexors are loose to begin with and so stretching them could introduce problems.
you self-diagnose yourself?
A better title would have been: How and when to stretch your hip flexors.
From an Auto Accident I developed TMJ, and the Tens Unit was a life saver. I still needed braces, but the Tens Unit was an immense pain stopper. And I've dance Ballet since the age of six. It was the Russian Method, it's the best method due it's low injury percentage. The exercise in the video is ideal.
Very clear. Thanks. Having trouble since doing some intense runs. Before I did all sorts of excess stretching...just made it worse. I made it a point to come back to this video as testimonial. My flexors were fine, I had more if a weakness issue based on these guys tests.
So I stop excess stretching of the flexors. Improved in a day, Also the sleep position with pillow between legs improved everything another 50%. Just need some flexor strength training which AthleanX goes over.
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Oh my gosh! I sleep like that all the time and have SUCH issues with my hip!!!
Hi Bob, Brad, great video. I believe you make a small deduction error: When your straight leg is not coming down below the horizontal plane, it not necessarily means both hip-flexors and rectus femoris/sartorius aren't flexible enough. Only when bending the leg gives even less flexibility, then you know it's both muscle groups causing the stiffness, otherwise the only certainty is that the hip-flexors are the culprit, and improving those combined with new testing should point out whether the sartorius/rectus femoris need some stretching as well. Besides that, I love this test, I already use it a lot in my gymnastics classes to determine which muscles need attention to improve the splits. I wonder what your thoughts are regarding the actual effect of stretching: does it really lengthen the muscle, or only delay the neurological safety stop when applying stress. The latter theory gains more support lately I believe. However, if you are only interested in the end result, does it matter? if the latter theory where true, does that require more care in the stretching process or limit the maximum elongation? I really love watching your videos and already learned a lot from your advice.
Great video duo..just out of curiosity, what are the stretches one can do everyday(with frequency) to avoid tight hip flexor or weak hip flexor in the first place?
I'm assuming, though, that if my goal is to do the splits both ways, then i can continue to push through?
Now let’s just talk about the intro for a sec it’s actually really good
So kind of you to say:)
As far as the really loose flexible people, some people have a condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Also known as EDS, there is a test that can be done the thumb to forearm is one, but another is for checking how loose the skin is.
Don’t worry about the complainers... they probably complain about most anything. Your very informative. Love you guys
Title is stolen too. Word for word copy of Athlean X title
In general is yoga bad? I have seen many of your videos say not to do moves that are common in yoga.
These two make a good team!
Guys, the cabinet on the left needs a bit of adjustment on one the doors. Imagine if you did a video on pelvic tilt and how to correct it, while having a tilted cabinet door in the background. Would be a catastrophe!
You're welcome :D
they can hire a carpenter for that lol
Mattias Friis so who is the most famous carpenter on the internet 😉
That's why its their has bad posture
Looks like the next left needs it too
It’s killing me now! Lol
If after the test I am very loose but I do have snapping hip and chronic pain in my hip should I not stretch the flexor at all?
I'm not hypermobile or anything but for some reason my hip flexors are craaaazy loose. I used to stretch them still and was wondering why I never felt a stretch no matter how far I tried to go...now I know why! I won't be doing that anymore. Thanks!
You're welcome Michelle!
I always wondered why stretching my hip flexor never felt like a normal stretch-- it always felt slightly numb and forced, but I just assumed it was a normal sensation. Thank you for making this video-- hopefully I can stop adding unnecessary pressure to my joints now!
Yes this! I've always gotten weird tingling and not really anything 'muscular' happening with these stretches. Think I may have just been slamming against the end of my range for no reason.
Any input about how to adjust in yoga which, in my experience, has a lot of hip flexor stretching built into it, but is considered (and I've seen) to be positive for the body? I am also wanting to increase strength and flexibility (as in being very limber overall for dance and fitness purposes) and classes all have you stretch the hip flexor, for example in back bends, etc. When I do these exercises you show, I know I am not tight, yet, in classes like the ones I mentioned above, I'm not necessarily considered "super flexible" or able to do all the moves. Could the issue be strength in accompanying muscles and not tightness in the hip flexor? Or something else? Any thoughts? I don't want to hurt myself. Much appreciated, love your channel!
You guys are awesome, but I was wondering if you could alternate between using layman's terms for parts of the body as well as anatomical terms. That way we could understand a bit more as well as learn these terms. Thanks!
Great suggestion, we'll make a note of it. Thanks for watching!
What about when learning the front splits in gymnastics / acro? The hip flexors must stretch 90 degrees back...
It's a family show, not a training video for professionals or athletes. Their advice is for regular people, mostly sedentary.
1:55 I come for the information and stay for Bobs humor. =0)
Bob! It’s a family show! Haha
Well, that's how many families start. XD
Can't blame Bob, that was too good to pass up.
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If you don't have tightness which exercise should you do
Or is it (it's a harry styles dialogue lol)
All you need in life these two guys and Jeff cavalier to remain healthy. Thank you gentlemen!!
Great video. Unfortunately I have to stretch the hip flexors in order to do the front splits (gymnastics).
Thanks.. but I need to be able to do full splits... so it's very difficult to avoid stretching the hip flexors.. I'll try to see if I can avoid it. Thanks again. I do have lots of lower back issues
Instead of static stretches......do dynamic stretches.......n try dhanurasan....d bow pose
Q: I EXCELLED at strait leg off the bench, but TIGHT at bent leg off bench - BUT I can excel at the rectus femoris lying stretch . WHY ? this doesnt make sense per your video - any insights appreciated. thanks and PS WOW you guys are in great mobility ! Thanks for this !
"Bob, BOB! It's a family show!" lol These two.
So I have pain in the hip flexor area when I lift the leg up and also hear a small snap. But I’m also loose. It’s muscles according to my physical therapist ( also confirmed by ultrasound). He told me to stretch the hipflexor. The question is: Should I keep stretching even tho I’m loose, or not?
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Should you still stretch them if you are trying to learn how to do the split?
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Can you talk about what is tight when you can’t sit cross legged? Thanks you guys are awesome 👏🏻
rkids1st might be due to piriformis tightness.
They have several vids talking about the psoas and iliac sac(?) muscles
I am able to cross left leg while i cany do the same with my right leg while sitting cross legged.
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Lower legs too long...
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I stretch them because my muscles were pulling my hip out of place. I am interested in this though. I’m never sure if I’m overdoing it
Try hanna somatics. Very effective
I'm sorry but Athleanx Made a video about a year before you with the exact same tilte and exact same cover photo. I follow you both , but this feels like a copy
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I'm desperate. I have so much pain in my hips and flexors. They are very loose, and I'm very flexible. My PT keeps throwing stretches at me, but my pain never goes away. My flexors continue to pop/crack, which is very painful. I've had MRIs and they can't figure it out. I'm at a loss what to do.
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The worst pain I've ever felt was when . One or all of those muscles cramping, at the same time. Heaps intense and frightening. I could almost feel myself wanting to pass out .Was unable stretch coz i was driving at the time doing 60mph on a packed highway.
Contracting the glutes + posterior pelvic tilt while doing the stretch = inhibits and lengthens the hip flexors (i.e., iliopsoas).
I have hip flexor pain but passed both of these tests. What now?
So, say that your hip flexors and the other muscles you mentioned ARENT the problem? Well I ask this because the patient is trying those stretches for reason..that is, they have tightness!
So, if the patient is feeling some kind of hip pain and it's not addressed through those muscles, what are some other muscles they can stretch or strengthen? Also, is it possible to tighten up those loose morals--I mean, Joints?
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absolutely not. om a gymnast and i have to stretch my hip flexors in order to maintain a oversplit in my leaps and jumps. i have been doing i for 5 years and im fine
@@AnHeC exactly! you have to stretch and be inhumanly flexible to be a gymnast/dancer, other wise you get deductions and stuff
My lower back feels so much better after I stretch my hip flexors.
Andy Smith oh my goodness mine too! The only fix I know!
From my experience you need to strengthen your glutes and hamstrings as well as stretch your hip flexors and quads. Results never stayed until I started doing this. Lower back should feel tight after you've stretched your quads too. I found a nice long forward bend whilst maintaining a posterior pelvic tilt stretched this nicely. Foam roller should be your best friend as well.
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Having huge problems with piriformis.... after 3 surgeries still problems
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If you get buzzing in the thigh when stretching hip flexor what should you do. I get it regardless which kind of stretch I do
Excellent explanation for distinguishing origin of tightness: hip flexors or rectus/ sartorius!
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What do you do if you feel tightness in the area of the hip flexors while walking...that is they become tight after walking some distance? But you are one of the stretchy people with loose joints and the test says your hip flexors are not tight at all? I can put my palms flat on floor with straight legs. So what is the tightness I feel then while walking? And then my lower back gets achy too. Any ideas? I also have natural hyperextended knees. Is it caused by weak core muscles?
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What’s the best way to do the splits avoiding injury?
So I play football, and I got injured and the doctor said I have a sprained hip. what can i do to help it heal, it’s been two months already, but I didn’t let it heal but now I regret not taking care of it . What can I do?.
So are front splits harmful ??
Do butterfly stretches strengthen the psoas?
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I stretch everyday for MMA to help my kicks. Should I cut this down a bit then?
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Actually I am still confused after the video. The title told us not to do the stretching but the video is teaching us how to do stretching.
Watch the first half of the video again. Best wishes.
Do the test first
- If your leg reach down as shown then do not stretch
- If your leg doesn’t reach that far then you have a tight group of muscle and you should do these stretches
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How often should we perform these stretches? How many times a day
Ok so I’m tall, thin, very active riding 50 mile endurance rides on my horse and I’m almost 51 but within the last year I’ve noticed pain in my left hip flexor. Sometimes it sticks when I’m sitting and I can’t get my hip to straighten unless I have help standing up without using that leg at all. I was thinking maybe I just need to start stretching my hip flexor on that leg until I came across your video. I am a right side sleeper, sometimes I’m on my back but for the most part I can sleep all night long on my right side. With that being said, I’m going to try to use your pillow trick. About how long will I need to do this before I start seeing some type of results? And yes I can bend my thumb all the way back and almost touch my forearm however I’m only like that in my fingers, the rest of my body doesn’t bend so extreme like that. Like I can’t do a bridge up very well because my back does not bend backwards like that. And I cannot sit on my feet like some people can squat down and sit there. My ankles don’t bend far forward far enough over my feet to balance like that, and I’ll end up falling over backwards.
I tried testing your theory on a bench with one knee up and the other one hanging but you don’t really specify whether or not we are supposed to pull the knee up as far as we can towards our body or just at a 50-60 degree angle like the demonstrator is doing, because yes my leg does drop below the table but it all depends on how far I pull my leg up towards my body. If I’m nearly touching my knee to my belly, then the leg does not hang past the table. But if I don’t bring my leg up that close to my body, then my knee will drop below the table. Yes I’m a pain, there’s always a technicality somewhere. Sorry for the long question.
Have had hip replacements both hips. Should I be doing these exercises.Hiip Flexors.
So I can touch my thumb on the forearm so should I not stretch my hip flexor? Cos I do have the anterior pelvic tilt
Reminds me of ballet when we were learning to do the splits.
What if I have loose joints but I am a dancer (ballet)? Is it still alright to stretch the hip?
Is it safe to do these stretches with a knee replacement?
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Should you only stretch the hips when you feel them being tight? Mines were really tight a month ago and then I watched your hip stretching video and have been doing those exercises ever sense. My hips aren’t tight anymore. I have degenerative disc disease. I also have decent flexibility
I have a question for you guys....my right jaw, (I mean from my perspective, not looking at me but on my right) is lower than the left, slanting my face side-ways in photos and speaking. But my tail-bone is also lower than the left! My right shoulder and breast and slightly lower than the right. You have to be perceptive to see it but it is there. I have virtually no pain, just a little irritation now and then in my left leg (the sciatic nerve). Flattened lumbar on the right, 4-5 disc bulge. I'm in good shape though. What's the best exercise to ge rid of the drop, make the right side of my face even with the left and shoulder too? Is it the one where I put my arm against the wall in a sidewards posture standing and swing my right hips into the wall and back again?
What about a normal table?
I dont understand the title in comparison to the video ?!
For months I had pain in my hip flexors and I figured they must be stiff or something. When I went to the rheutmatologist, they told me I have very hypermobile hips! These stretches are the WORST
MissPronounced I have that too, how did you get rid of yours
Cora How did they test/determine that?
What's the difference between stretching before or after a warm-up
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The content may be helpful but the title could lead people to think no one should ever stretch their hip flexors. Isn't that what the title says. I know the point was to try and get clicks but perhaps there is a better and more accurate way to do that?
I agree
My hip flexors are tight from sitting down alot at work. Stretching helps me
billybats36 stretching only works temporarily, they will get tight again. Work the antagonist muscles, glutes
@@ashleytaylor994 I do. So if I have been working on glutes I dont need to stretch? Would that go for other muscles too? If I do bodybuilding and train posterior and anterior muscles should I not stretch?
billybats36 if hips are tight, just do a quick set of glutes. You probably need more glute work, 3 to 1 ratio. Most Olympic lifters don't stretch because it decreases strength
@@ashleytaylor994 Ok thanks. Yea i have read stretching before lifting weakens the muscles. I follow a strongman and powerlifter on youtube and they do mobility work.
Is setting a goal for being able to do splits a bad idea?
Good video got to the point
I've just discovered the channel and I'm enjoying the content. Thanks. Have a question, tho:
I practice martial arts, train daily and get strenuous activity in the hip flexors area particularly when kicking; I'm also etremely flexible in the hips in all directions. As Bob mentioned it can get painful, but actually stretching the flexors for 30'' after every session didn't only help but eliminated all pain within a week, and that seems to have worked for me for the last 3 years.
I've seen several videos on this issue but I'm still not convinced this could be bad for me in the long term, specifically because exceptions are not covered. Should I not stretch the flexors even tho it seems to help?
Interesting to see a martial artist's perspective. Thanks for your comment!
Although I am neither the owner of the channel or a physical therapist, my take on your question is that every advice should be taken with a grain of salt. Your mileage may vary, sort of kinda deal.
These guys are good at what they do, but everybody's body is somewhat different. An office employee's hips will be different from a martial artist who practices regularly.
My guess (and it is exactly that. Just an educated guess =P) is for you to just do what has worked for you for the past three years, AND KEEP static STRETCHING AFTER your workouts. And if it hurts to do it, back off the activity and contact your doctor/ specialist.
Been doing kickboxing for a while and have done front folds standing up and seated for 3 years, i went from not being able to touch my toes standing up to touching the floor with a flat palm and not being able to reach my toes seated to putting my hands past my feet.
It was all fine but I was feeling some lower back pain at moments and it recently got worse. Stopped doing those and my pain completely went away, i never feel any kind of discomfort at all
While for lateral stretches and side splits I've been doing great and those never gave me any problems, although my side split is not full yet, and I've practiced it for around 4 months
Thanks guys, very much!
Do you have any hip flexor stretch recommendations for seniors? So many of my patients spend the most of the day seated and are constantly in a flexed hip position, but they have very limited balance and range of motion to facilitate stretching.
Not a physical therpist, but maybe the method of laying on your side (on a bed) with knees bent, and taking one leg (by grabbing the heel) and gently pulling it back towards your back is a easy method.
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Is it possible that gastrocnemius is normal but soleus is very right and les flexible?
My question is once your front flexors are stretchwd enough by testing it on a flat surface, I can't do a full front split. I guess my hamstrings and buttocks are tight?
Hello Bob and Brad, I am 34, male. My problem is anterior pelvic tilt since I was a teenager. It was not giving me problem for years but I started feeling tightness in lower back after waking and and while standing for long time. I cant generate proper thrust while doing squat and dead lift may be due to glutes max is not firing.propey. is there any permanent treatment for this problem?? Plz advise. I faced problem like chondromalacia pattelae and planter facilities in last 3, 4 years. I am sure all these problems are inter related. Correcting the pelvis will solve all my problem. Plz suggest what should be done.
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