Are your hip flexors weak?

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@boldwarrior

I don’t know about that. Dynamic Swings, PNF and static stretches (only at training, they rarely do their given homework) have worked wonders for my clients.

Just doing Static does very little for Bad tightness, but works for short term tightness, esp right after a workout. Oh, everybody in my group always does Dynamic movement Before sessions. These two, static and dynamic work good for 80% of the people. The others Need PNF - and a lot of the times its just to teach the hip flexors to actually Work from yrs of inactivity or stubborn tightness.

You get Faster results when coupled with massage etc, But considering the area involved, not many like being massaged there!! Foam Rolling is KING in that spot, so too the groin.

The maths does add up if you do at least 2 of the 3 stretches, and at times, all 3. The trick is actually doing them. And foam rolling, And checking out all the other muscles that affect the hips area. Most are too lazy and don’t do it.

Law of repetitive motion: I = NF/AR

I= Injury
N= Number of repetitions
F= Frequency of repetitions
A= Amplitude
R= Rest interval

Let’s say training takes place 5 times per week for one hour each day. You’re telling me the number/frequency of repetitions through 15 hours (assuming 8 hours of sleep) of daily life is being offset by the number/frequency of repetitions - and we’ll even say we’re really doing all encompassing corrective work and include amplitude - of one hour 5 times per week? 105 hours (15 hours * 7 days per week) of work is being equaled by 5 hours (1 hour * 5 days per week) of work?

Hell, let’s say people are only in an disadvantageous position 5 hours per day (HIGHLY unlikely). 35 hours is still > 5 hours. Oh, and that’s assuming all 5 hours of training are working on the problems the other 35 hours are causing. Another way to look at it: the duration of sitting hours upon hours each day does not and will not equal the duration of 10, or 100, 3 second repetition dynamic stretching exercises.

Inactive hip flexors? Show me someone with an inactive rectus femoris. Foam rolling is useless for activating musculature as well. It’s fruitful in relaxing musculature. Many people report muscles finally relaxing after some ART work. Ever see someone with intense ART done to them? All the bruising that occurs is a result of damage to the muscle. If you want to relax a muscle one manner to do it is to damage the hell out of it.

Just because your clients are getting better at performing various static and dynamic stretches in the gym does not mean you are correcting their inefficiencies. It only means you are getting them better at swinging their leg or whatever the mobility tool may be.

Vast majority of mobility/stretching work treats symptoms (the tight hip flexors for example) but do not treat causes (the disadvantageous positions the person’s body is in all day).

A woman gets breast cancer; she has a tumor and feels lethargic all day. What treatment do you prefer: give her some caffeine so she feels more upbeat during the day (symptom) or attack the tumor (cause)?