Where is the hip flexor located
E125: Hip Flexor Strain Explained
have you wondered what actually creates
a hip flexor strain well I'm gonna go
over that today this is a more technical
video but it's very important to
understand that you have one side of the
hip flexor the other side of the hip
flexor and both of them cannot move at
the same time if the other one is gonna
pull hard we're gonna go over a skeleton
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now looking at hip conditions we really
have to address the entire cavity here
the core the backside the front of the
sides the front side the the diaphragm
the pelvic floor which all control
keeping these things together let's just
say this is easy for a lot of people
understand if I bring this up and if I
can track this so this is the rectus
abdominus it'll raise this portion which
will then affect these which then affect
muscles coming off of this and down into
the hip so another example as well as if
we have this is like the hip flexor
attaches to the lumbar spine on the
sides and I'll do on this other side as
you can see so right there
okay comes down and it passes right
through there and in the bony landmark
example I said that this is the spot
we're looking for right here so diving
right in you'll feel the tenon right
there but really the hip flexors goal is
to contract and flex the hip okay we
want this area to remain stable right
here when it's attached the spine the
yellow way can do that if we stabilize
the area that stabilizes it okay so if
we can track the hip flex from this side
sloppy its gonna pull this thing forward
and you can see when I'm pulling it here
actually I'll put on the other side so
you can see when I'm pulling it actually
it's moving the spine okay
and it's compressing this side it's
opening this side up it's compressing
the disk and it's making the hip flexor
work really really hard to do what it's
trying to do which is move the hip up
right okay so the hip flexor as well as
the hamstring let's say on this side
here we have it right here let's say it
comes down this way okay if you have
tightness in the hamstring and we're
rotating we're rotating this thing up
this whole this whole ilium we're
rotating it up right there on the
backside though right there so what's
happening is it's stretching this
hamstring and it's making it feel tight
when really have an issue mainly with
this thing dropping forward again how do
we address that
we need to make it so we're working the
things which can elevate this up which
we'll put this in a better position now
it's not only the rectus abdominus like
I'm demonstrating here actually that's
that's one of the least ones of our
worries
it's the ones on the side it's the deep
core it's the diaphragm it's the pelvic
floor
it's things actually the air pressure in
here as well we call intra-abdominal
pressure which is why we focus on
breathing bracing so much in the office
here so if you have more questions on
this I have an entire section on our
podcast on hip ive hip experts I have
hip rehab I believe it's in the high 20s
but there's a few industry experts which
are they explain it very very well and
then we're talking mainly about this
part so if you have any questions feel
free to contact me on p2 Sports CARICOM
again the podcast is p2 sport secure
comm slash podcast I'll put some links
below in this video talk to you guys
soon
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