A Move You Should Do MONDAY – Stick Hip Hinge
This week’s move is the stick hip hinge. It is one of the best ways to test your hamstring flexibility without cheating.
Stand with your feet are hip width apart and place a dowel (broomstick, golf club, etc) on your back so it is touching your sacrum (back of your pelvis) and your head. Take a normal step forward and bend as you hinge at your hip. Only bend as far as you can without the stick losing contact with either point. You should be able to hinge so that your front hip is bent 90Ëš. Compare your right to left side. Is one tighter than the other?
Why does this matter?
Tight hamstrings are often the culprit of lower back pain. More times than not, one side is tighter than the other causing a pelvic rotation making the lumbar spine susceptible to rotational injury such as herniated discs and sciatica.
So, try this simple test and if it is harder on one side than the other or you are not able to get to 90Ëš of hip hinge, then make the stick hip hinge exercise part of your daily routine. It only takes six repetitions to being to teach the hamstrings to be more flexible.
Because nobody has time to be in pain.
Until next time…
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MoveWell Academy
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