Tired hips and how to improve them

[indysteel]

Stupid question, Knott, but when you lift your foot, do you hold that leg out in front of you or simply lift the foot off the ground?

p.s. Thanks for this exercise!

[KnottedYet]

Stupid question, Knott, but when you lift your foot, do you hold that leg out in front of you or simply lift the foot off the ground?

p.s. Thanks for this exercise!

Just get the foot off the ground, whatever way works best for you.

The crucial thing is that you hold your pelvis level and stable the whole time.

Many women will immediately drop the hip of the lifted foot and jut the standing hip out to the side - sure sign of weak hip muscles. If someone does that walking, too, it's called a Trendelenberg gait. Someone with a Trendelenberg gait gets the exact same exercise, but they are only holding for a few seconds because they are so very weak.

[tulip]

I'm no Knot, but I've been doing classical Pilates for some time and my hip problems have disappeared. There's also that Pilates butt thing going on, which would indicate to me that the glutes are being activated regularly...and well, let's just say that it's a good thing.

Just another option to consider.

[KnottedYet]

I'm no Knot, but I've been doing classical Pilates for some time and my hip problems have disappeared. There's also that Pilates butt thing going on, which would indicate to me that the glutes are being activated regularly...and well, let's just say that it's a good thing.

Just another option to consider.

I'm no Knot either...

But I must say that PT is only a stepping-stone to get people to the point they can do things like yoga or Pilates or their regular sport.

I'd trade having a patient doing all my goofy exercises for having them do yoga or Pilates!

(doing tree pose for 2 minutes is far better than just standing on one foot for 2 minutes... much harder! And having a Pilates butt is very good - more butt, more better!)

[jacobadam]

Friend, better to do yoga daily. I have seen many cycle and bike riders have this same problem. Dont worry about this, you can easily cure this problem using Yoga medicine.