- Chronic Sitting
- People in the United States sit for an average of 13 hours per day.
- Your hip flexors remain in a shortened position which can cause an imbalance in your hips
- Additionally, when we are sitting so much, we tend to be more dehydrated which can lead to unhealthy muscle tissue
- The muscle tissue lacks necessary flexibility and elasticity which allows it to tear more easily and become over stressed
- Strength Imbalance
- This can come from a consistent and unvaried workout regimen that has you constantly stressing the same muscles
- A good example of this would be people who are runners and neglect other muscles not used while running
- By having an unnatural strain on your muscles, you can cause yourself to have an overuse injury
Fixing Hip Problems
- Mobility
- It may help hip pain to improve range of motion of hip flexors and hip rotators
- Exercises such as lunges and squats are good for improving mobility
- Elasticity
- You can improve this by simply moving more often throughout the day. Try to get up and walk at least once an hour
- Try to do a static stretch everyday to keep the muscles lose and flexible
- You can also try doing a few body weight exercises every hour to work on both elasticity and mobility
- Strength
- Get back to the basics when it comes to strength and balance it with mobility work to keep those hips strong and flexible
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