When it comes to your hip flexors, you're likely focused (or, obsessed, in our case) on stretching them. However, with this critical muscle group, there's a key element you're probably neglecting: ...

The body is really good at sending alarms about what could be wrong—and the hip flexor tightening and weakening is the one alarm most of us have felt at some point. Whether it is while getting off the ...

If you have tight hips, you'll know. A nagging tension and stiffness causing serious discomfort and limited mobility, and perhaps even accompanied by lower-back pain and hamstring pain, tight and weak ...

When it comes to which elements of your stride you can improve, your hips don’t lie. That’s because hip flexors—the muscles that allow flexion at the hip joint—play a huge role in fluid running, and a ...

Hip flexor exercises are essential for improving leg stability, which is essential for a number of activities, from running ...

If you’re chasing a smooth, powerful pedal stroke, and it’s not happening, it could be related to your hips, specifically your hip flexors. Your hip flexors are a group of five muscles along the front ...

A trainer shares how to stretch hip flexors or strengthen them, based on your unique needs. (Hint: Runners, you need all the stretching you can get.) The hip flexors are one of those regions in the ...

Here’s a great move to strengthen your hip flexors and increase lower-body strength (and pile on extra yards, too). Stand on your right foot and bring your left knee up to waist height and then follow ...

As runners, we place a lot of emphasis on taking care of our lower legs. But we can't forget about the larger muscles, tendons and ligaments higher up, like hips, glutes and hamstrings. When one of ...

Do you spend most of your day sitting at a desk or table? Then you've almost certainly got tight hip flexors. They can also be a common problem amongst those who drive or cycle a lot. Whatever the ...