If your hip flexors are as tight as mine, you might also benefit from doing the couch stretch, which I’ve been doing every ...

Hip mobility has never been my strong point. I had incredibly tight hips before I became a runner and now I run most days the situation has only gotten worse. Watching me try to sit cross-legged will ...

Research shows these five exercises can improve your running performance.

Stretching before and after exercise can help improve your performance, reduce muscle soreness, and prevent injury with the ...

Preparing for a marathon takes time, effort, motivation, stamina, and consistency. Maybe you’ve been practicing your race-day routine and building your running base over time by gradually increasing ...

When talking specifics, stretching terminology can get confusing. “Passive” and “static” generally refer to the same old-school method of relaxing into a stretch and holding it for 30 to 60 seconds.

“We can store a lot of emotional tension or memory in the hips, so the frog can be a great posture to get things shifting or releasing,” says yoga and breathwork teacher, Jenny Haynes. Like Skinner, ...

If hours of sitting at your desk or driving leave you dreading to stand up, you might be dealing with tight hips—a common qualm that regular hip opener exercises can alleviate over time. The stiffness ...

Olympic athletes and everyday adults have surprisingly similar physical issues. That's why an Olympic physical therapist ...

The hips don’t lie — and neither do the hip flexors. Tight muscles make daily life more difficult, and sedentary jobs exacerbate the challenges. While we inevitably lose flexibility as we age, we can ...

If you spend a lot of time sitting (I'm talking to you, fellow desk-job-workers), your body, and more specifically, your hips, are probably aching to be stretched. One of the best ways to soothe tight ...