Tight Hip Flexors? (TEST FOR THE REAL CAUSE)

Here's a very quick hip flexor strength test you can use to discover whether your psoas muscles (deep hip flexors) are weak. When it comes to tight hip flexors, often the tightness comes as a result of underlying weakness. If you're finding that your hip flexor stretches aren't working, try adding regular hip flexor strength exercises into your running injury prevention workouts.

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Testing your active range of motion into hip flexion beyond 90 degrees will isolate your psoas muscles in particular. Weakness in psoas major will often result in protective tightness through your hip flexors. Combine targeted hip flexor stretching with specific hip flexor strengthening, and you'll find that your hip mobility will improve much quicker than if you were to focus on hip flexor stretches alone.

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ABOUT ME: I'm James Dunne, a runner, sports rehabilitation therapist (similar to physical therapist) and coach based in the UK (Norwich and London).

Since 2007 I've been working with athletes focusing specifically on helping distance runners and triathletes overcome injury and improve performance through developing their individual running technique.

Running biomechanics and physical therapy are real passions of mine. I love to help runners run strong and stay injury free.

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