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The One-Step Trick to Eliminating Hip Pain for Good
This one tiny tweak to your exercises will make all the difference!
If you’re struggling with stiff, painful hips and are desperately seeking relief, try thinking outside the box with your exercises. Oftentimes a simple shift in direction of movement can give your body just the right stimulus to strengthen and return to equilibrium. While I don’t want to understate the complexity of navigating hip complications, I’ve worked with dozens of hip pain clients and this mindset shift has helped virtually every one of them wave goodbye to pain and stiffness in a matter of days.
If you want to get the most out the glutes, and thus your hips, challenge your body to move to unknown territory.
One of the best ways to activate and develop both the glute max and medius is to do exercises that get them firing together in a functional pattern. This is where the step up and its glorious variations come in. While the movements below may not look like your first choice, they’re insanely good at their job of mobilizing the hips, increasing strength, and perhaps most importantly, boosting stability in the lower body.
