Chances are you’ve heard about the benefits of strengthening your pelvic floor with kegel exercises. The pelvic floor muscles help stabilize the core and support the bladder, bowel and uterus. When ...
If you experience tightness in your hips — or pain in your back or knees (more on that below) — Suarez has identified six stretches that can help make them feel 19 again.
Lie on your back, pressing your lower back into the floor. Slowly lift and bend your right knee until it’s bent to 90° and ...
As bad as all of that is, we’d venture to say that it’s the persistence of tight hips that makes them particularly intolerable. You may be able to temporarily loosen their death grip on your pelvis ...
Bridge pose helps with overall stability in the hip joint by strengthening and stretching the quads and hip flexors. Whether you work a desk job, spend a lot of time driving, or love a good Netflix ...
Learn the morning yoga routine that experts recommend to release tight hips, improve flexibility, and banish stiffness for ...
Whether you’re a gym rat, a runner, or just someone who spends way too much time glued to a chair (hey, no judgment), your hip abductors deserve some TLC. They’re the muscles that help you move your ...
Place a looped band around feet. With core engaged, send hips back into a shallow hinge position, shoulders down and back, ...
“Just like any other group of muscles, the pelvic floor muscles can lose strength and tone over time if not regularly activated,” says Dr. Amanda Neri, PT, DPT, founder of The Pelvic Institute and ...
Do ten reps. This stretch brings your spine into rotation, helping it get used to that motion in a safe, gentle way. This ...
If your hamstrings feel tight, you may need to restore pelvic stability through glute strengthening, hip-flexor release and ...