Mike Reinold

The hip thrust exercise has become a common exercise for strengthening the gluteus maximus. By performing a kneeling hip thrust, it becomes a better activation and lower level strengthening exercise for the more basic patient.

This week’s guest post is a video demonstration of the single leg hip thrust with band-resisted hip drive by Eirik Førlie.  I received a lot of feedback regarding my posts last week on hip flexion strength and hip flexion exercises.  Eirik sent me this exercise demonstration and thought it would be great to share.   Single [...]

Incorporating hip flexion drills into our programs is often important. Here are a couple of exercises to try as well as some thoughts on assessment of functional hip flexion mobility.

Today’s post is a guest article written by Chris Johnson on the the importance of hip flexion strength when dealing with lower extremity pathology.

The thoracolumbar fascia plays an important role in human movement as it not only serves as an attachment site for numerous muscles in the lumbar, thoracic, and sacral regions, but also is an important area of transition between the upper and lower extremities where forces are transferred to allow for coordinated function.

The bridge exercise is a simple and effective exercise to begin working on hip extension and turning on your glutes. Here is a simple modification you can perform if hip flexor mobility is limiting the effectiveness of the bridge.