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[supreme]

actually bignate your wrong. its a f'in great article!!!

B - print out & read this article. It explains almost everything in my previous posts, it also has pictures & discriptions of the stretches.

Now you only need the tests to determine which muscles to stretch & possibly some TVA & lower rectus exercises.

You don't want to stretch muscles that don't need it for it wastes time and you can lengthen and weaken the muscle.

S

 

[b fold the truth]

Thanks guys...I'll get on it this week and I'll be back to ask more questions!!!!!

B True

 

[michaelm]

damn, I have this same problem..I had a hell of a time squatting today and trying to stop sticking my butt out. Just read the article and will definitley look more into this. Can a chiropractor be of any assistance?

 

[b fold the truth]

damn, I have this same problem..I had a hell of a time squatting today and trying to stop sticking my butt out. Just read the article and will definitley look more into this. Can a chiropractor be of any assistance?

I suggest sticking your butt out when squatting...safer that way.

B True

 

[michaelm]

thankx Bfold....I always thought it was safer, I know if felt odd trying to not stick it out..

 

[NWinters]

I can hardlt get my palm between my butt and back?....could be genitics?

 

[Debaser]

Thanks for the heads up. My anterior tilt is pretty bad too, and is probably the reason I have recurring hip problems (right around the greater trochanter, mainly on the right side).

I assuredly have tight hip flexors, which I am working on more thoroughly now, but I have a question:

I notice that you can use your glutes to align your pelvis (by sort of humping forward), or you can use your abs/obliques to do the same. Could this mean that my glutes/abs are too weak relative to the strength of my hip flexors and lower back? I doubt my glutes are weak, but it's possible that my abs are lagging behind.

With that, should I be trying to strengthen my abs whilst loosening my hip flexors?

 

[bignate73]

"I doubt my glutes are weak"

but if they are inhibited from your hip flexors being overly tight, in a sense they are weak. they cant fire off fully.

think opposites:
glute/hip flexor
ab/low back

if one is tightened, the other is lengthened. a lengthened muscle is not in its strongest position. also a muscle contracted or with excess tone will tend to relax its antagonist. ie, when you do a bicep curl, the triceps release to allow for flexion. if your hip flexors are tight, your glutes release.

arch your back really hard and watch what happens to your glutes. go ahead and give them a poke (not in the middle hehehe) and see how relaxed they are. bend at the hips and try to fire off your glutes without moving your hips, it doesnt happen unless your hip flexors release.

 

[delldell2]

Damn, I have a huge gap against the wall. But I don't have alot of mass. I'm actually really skinny.

When you say squat with a neutral spine, does that mean with no arch?

What can I do to fix it? Static hip flexor stretches. Anything else?