It's one of the fitness industry's biggest misnomers. "Tight hip flexors" are very rarely tight. Ninety-nine times out of 100 they are, in fact, weak. At least, that was the lesson I learned many ...

but knowing how to stretch out your hip flexors properly is key—otherwise you’re just going to injure yourself. The hip stretches listed below come straight from physical therapists and are ...

If you have a sedentary job where you sit at a desk, table or behind the wheel of a car, there’s a high chance you’ve got tight hip flexors. The group of muscles that allow bending at the hip ...

Hips rotate forward causing lengthened hip flexors and shortened lumbar extensors (Figure A) After long term exposure to this positioning the muscles will adjust to these improper lengths. Figure C ...

Sitting at a desk, day after day, can reinforce “poor posture patterns” and hold your hip flexors in a shortened position, leading to tightness, Mooney says. This tightness can make it harder ...

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 ...

Come back up. And then feel it on the other side. Also the hip flexor in your quads, basically get some kind of balance pull that up. Just pull that back into a stretch. Repeat for the other side.