03 Apr Bridge – Isometric Hip Abduction, Band
HOW: Get set-up laying on your back with your knees bent. Place a band above your knees. Perform this exercise by beginning with a bridge by driving your hips towards the ceiling, while simultaneously spreading your knees out as far as you can. FEEL: You will...
01 Apr Posterior Lunge – Alternating
HOW: Starting in a standing position, take a moderate length step backwards and perform a lunge movement. Pause at the bottom, then return to starting position. Repeat on the opposite side, then continue to perform alternating lunges in place. FEEL: You should feel at least 80%...
01 Apr Posterior Lunge – Alternating, Kettlebell, Front Rack
HOW: Starting in a standing position holding a weight at your chest, take a moderate length step backwards and perform a lunge movement. Pause at the bottom, then return to starting position. Repeat on the opposite side, then continue to perform alternating lunges in place. ...
31 Mar Clam – Feet Elevated
HOW: Begin on your side with your shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles stacked over each other. Bring your knees up slightly towards your chest. In this side lying position keep both feet off of the floor then open your top knee up towards the ceiling...
03 Feb Standing Donkey Kick – Band
HOW: Begin on one leg with a resistance band wrapped around your opposite ankle. You can use a firm surface to maintain balance. Elevate your leg with the resistance band and kick that leg out and back. FEEL: You should feel your butt muscles...
03 Feb Tall Kneeling Hip Hinge – Resisted, Standing
HOW: Start in a tall kneeling position with both knees down on the ground. The first step is to posteriorly tuck your pelvis by imagining you’re tucking a tail between your legs. Next, keeping this tuck, squeeze your glutes and core very hard and drive...
30 Dec Child’s Pose
HOW: Begin on your hands and knees. Push back into a child’s pose, round your back within your tolerance. Focus on bringing your butt as far back as possible, ideally, your butt will touch your heels while dropping your chest towards the floor. Keep...
30 Dec Child’s Pose – Sideways Reach
HOW: Begin on your hands and knees. Push back into a child’s pose, round your back within your tolerance. Focus on bringing your butt as far back as possible, ideally, your butt will touch your heels. From this position reach your arms over to...
17 Oct Long Sitting Hip Internal and External Rotation – AROM
HOW: Get set-up on the ground supporting yourself with your arms and with your knees bent. Let both knees fall to one side by moving through hip rotation range of motion. Go through the full range of motion that you feel comfortable with, then...
06 Oct Hip Mobilization – Posterior
Start position: Begin on your hands an knees in a tabletop position. Simply being in this position adds a posterior glide of the head of the femur. The movement: place one foot over the other leg which will put your hip into slight external...
