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Too Much Lumbar Flexion The Cause of Limited Hip Mobility?

If you are struggling to improve hip mobility, too much lumbar spine rounding could be an issue.

When bringing the knee up towards the chest or getting into the bottom of a squat, we get some motion from the hips and some from the back.

When we are limited in our ability to move at the back, we can “make it up” at the hip.

Over time, this can lead to increased lumbar spine flexibility.

In this case, the body doesn’t have to move through the hip as much.

Over time, this can become a limiting factor in improving hip mobility.

Allowing a lumbar spine substitution into flexion during hip mobility exercises perpetuates this relationship.

To improve this relationship, we need to flip the script.

We need to create stability in the lumbar spine as we move the hip through space.

This means limiting the amount of bending of the back as we bend the hips.

To do this, we can use a number of activities that help us practice this relationship that involve the hip moving on the pelvis or the pelvis moving on top of the legs.

Ultimately, learning how to coordinate your back and abdominals together will give you the movement options you need to unlock your hips.

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00:00 Intro
00:38 How does excessive lumbar flexion limit hip mobility?
02:20 Exercise 1 All Fours Rocking
04:12 Exercise 2 All Fours Hip Extension
05:02 Exercise 3 Elevated PushUp
06:07 Exercise 4 Standing Resisted Hip Flexion
07:24 Exercise 5 Kettlebell Deadlift
08:31 Exercise 6 Staggered Kettlebell Deadlift
08:56 Recap!