LB – HIP FLEXORS – MASSAGE-ROLLING-STRETCH – VIDEOS

MASSAGE – ROLLING – STRETCH
· HIP FLEXORS – ILIOPSOAS & RECTUS FEMORIS + OTHER MUSCLES

VIDEOS

  • MASSAGE BALLS: Baseball, Fastball, Softball. You can purchase soft versions without the laces if needed. Put 1 or 2 in a long sock and tie a knot.
  1. Small Ball – Upper Rectus Femoris .
    – Hold + Hip Extensions
    – small ball on elevated surface like a yoga block or step box
  2. Iliopsoas Stretch Lying on Roller .
    – place roller on top of glutes; extend leg; pull knee to chest
  3. Rolling & Stretching of Hip Flexors Iliopsoas & Rectus Femoris .
    (1) Roll the Rectus Femoris: bend knee; roll, shear or hold
    (2) Split Squat Kneeling: tuck the hips, engage the glutes; to increase difficulty place back foot on ball, stool, sofa etc.
    (3) Split Squat Kneeling – back foot on ball, stool, sofa: tuck the hips, engage the glutes
    (4) Foam Roller Stretch: place ball on upper glutes; extend leg; pull knee to chest
    (5) Split Squat Stretch: lift back knee off floor; straighten leg; hands on floor next to lead foot

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