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12-30-2012 , 12:02 PM
I've had issues with my hip flexors all the way back to track in highschool. Recently I tried to get back into playing some soccer and had issues start flaring up again. At this point I think its probably a strength problem because I probably have subconsciously been doing stuff to avoid using it so I bet it ais pretty weak.

I do the typical quad and hamstring stretches after running and also do the hip flexor stretch where you put knee on ground and lean forward.

Was wondering if you all had any good suggestions of non-weight exercises to help strengthen it up a little bit? Was thinking just laying flat on my back and doing straight leg raises?
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12-30-2012 , 12:55 PM
Lay on your back and prob one foot up on a bench (or just on the floor for starters) and flex your hip upwards and hold for 1-2 secs. Repeat a few times and then work your other hip. You could add weight, raise your foot higher, or hold longer as your hips strengthen. You can probably find a video on a search for hip extensions.
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12-30-2012 , 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by smk67
Lay on your back and prob one foot up on a bench (or just on the floor for starters) and flex your hip upwards and hold for 1-2 secs. Repeat a few times and then work your other hip. You could add weight, raise your foot higher, or hold longer as your hips strengthen. You can probably find a video on a search for hip extensions.
Is your suggestion that I should focus more on strengthening hip extensors (gluts?) to help solve my flexor problem, or that I should just make sure to add this exercise to whatever flexor ones I find?

Could you post a link to a pic/vid I tried searching google pics and was getting tons of different different looking exercises.
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12-30-2012 , 06:14 PM
Just an exercise rec, check it out and see what you think:

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