Calling all my desk-sitting associates: How tight are your hips proper now? Should you’re something like me, all these hours sitting behind my laptop leaves my hips begging for some stable stretches.
That mentioned, it is vital to needless to say hip ache may really be an indication of hip weak point, not tightness. How are you going to inform the distinction? Take this tip from Pilates teacher Helen Phelan: “To check if you happen to even have tight hip flexors, lie down together with your hips hanging off the sting of a mattress and hug one knee into your chest. Should you’re ready to attract the highest knee into your chest whereas the underside leg stays flat to the mattress, it is not hip tightness that’s inflicting stress and ache however weak point.”