Both Dr. Hasson and Dr. Fata-Chan offer lunges as an example of a classic stretch that targets the hip flexors directly.

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 ...

Don't sleep on your mobility, pavement-pounder. These six hip mobility exercises for runners can help you run faster. We get it: Sometimes, you get the urge to lace up your sneakers and just dart ...

Clift says these exercises typically involve lifting the thigh towards the torso or resisting extension at the hip joint.

Day Yoga Challenge for Beginners Welcome to Day 2 of the 21-Day Yoga Challenge for Beginners and men and women over 40 with ...

Running occurs in three planes: sagittal (front/back), frontal (side-to-side), and transverse (left/right rotation.) Efficient, healthy running happens when your joints are able to move freely through ...

Place a looped band around feet. With core engaged, send hips back into a shallow hinge position, shoulders down and back, ...

Along with bruised toenails, chafing and blisters, hip pain is one of those annoying-yet-all-too-common side effects of running. In fact, in a 2018 survey of 675 marathon runners, nearly half of the ...

Runners see a lot of different stretching poses, but are often confused on the best stretches to keep them healthy and ready for optimal performance. This ten-stretch program for runners was developed ...

Face a sturdy box, aerobic step, or weight bench. Stand with feet about hip-width apart. Send hips down and back into a squat ...

Hip mobility—the capacity to move your hips in their full range of motion—is kind of like a superpower for runners. "Stride length and stride frequency are the two components of speed," writes Takacs ...