RECOVERY: HIPS
MOBILIZATION – MASSAGE – ROLLING – STRETCHING
- Massage Balls: Soft Road Hockey Ball, Doggie Ball from Dollar Store, Softer versions of a Baseball, Softball. Put 1 or 2 in a long sock and tie a knot.
- MFR – Myofascial Release Explained – Part 1 . Part 2 . Part 3 . Part 4 . Part 5 . Foam Roller .
- 7 Exercises for Hip Mobility . Nguyen Chiro
(1) Supine Figure 4: active movement of knee forward followed by static stretch
(2) Sitting Butterfly: active flutter movement followed by static stretch
(3) Frog: active movement forward followed by static stretch
(4) Rectus Femoris: kneeling lunge position; squeeze glutes and push forward followed by static stretch placing rear foot on sofa
(5) Banded Hip: kneeling lunge position; band around post and rear hip
(6) Sitting Crossover Glute:
(7) Kneeling Hip Rotators: deep squat dropping knee to inside; can sit on low level box or bench
- Internal Rotation – 90/90 Variations . Nguyen Chiro
(1) 90/90 Both Knees off the Floor: feet shoulder width; both knees up; drop one knee down; opposite leg shin vertical
(2) 90/90 Hip Shift both knees on Floor: one knee is rotated in; the other is rotated out; move side to side
(3) 90/90 Chest to Knee Stretch both knees on the Floor: same position as #2 above
(4) 90/90 Rotate Upper Body both knees on the Floor: same position as #2 above
- All 4’s Rock Back . Reinold Physio
– Knees shoulder width apart
- All 4’s Rock back – 1 Leg Straight to Side . Reinold Physio