Monthly Health Challenge: Hip Hinge Would you - Get Healthy CT

Monthly Health Challenge: Hip Hinge

Would you like to strengthen your lower body muscles and hips? Well you can with the hip hinge stretch.
This pattern relieves stress of the lumbar spine and can prevent a host of back injuries. Regular
performance of the hip hinge stretch can help strengthen lower body muscles and avoid back injuries.

How to perform the perfect hip hinge stretch:
1. Stand up straight with your hands on your hips. Your feet should be
slightly wider than your hips and firmly planted on the ground. Start the
movement by engaging your core, pushing your ribs down and pulling
your shoulders slightly back with a neutral neck position
2. Bend forward at the waist in a slow and controlled manner while
keeping your shoulders in line with your hips.
3. Keep your back, glutes and hamstrings engaged throughout the exercise.
Bend forward until you are parallel, or just above parallel to the floor,
before bringing yourself back up to the starting position and repeating.
4. A common error to this exercise is rounding the back, resulting in a loss of the neutral spine
position. Form is crucial to this exercise and should be replicated perfectly on each rep to avoid
injury and get the most out of the exercise.