#Hip flexor

[nancylfitness]

Flex and Stretch While Sitting

One theory as to why prolonged sitting is harmful to one’s health is that while sitting, the large muscles become relaxed. As these muscles relax they do not take up very much glucose from the blood. As a result, the risk for Type II diabetes becomes increased along with heart disease and some cancers.

Immediately after sitting down, muscle electrical activity and metabolism slow down, as a result less calories are burned. Only 1 calorie per minute is burned while sitting. That is 1/3 of what the body burns when walking.

After a prolonged period of this lifestyle, LDL cholesterol (bad) increases and weight gain occurs.

Sitting can also cause hip flexor and hamstring muscles (back of thigh) to tighten. This may lead to joints and knees becoming stiff and back pain.

As we sit at the computer our shoulders are usually forward and we are hunched over for extended periods of time.  Our bodies are not designed to sit all day.

After just two weeks of sitting, muscles begin to atrophy and oxygen consumption decreases, making it more difficult to climb stairs and walk the longer distances.  Incorrect computer posture habits combined with long-term sitting may cause medical problems such as:  cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) or repetitive stress injury (RSI).

It has also been shown that in women bone mass can drop by 1% after a year of sitting for 6 hours a day.  Reduce these effects of long term sitting; take breaks; switch things up:

Stand every 45 minutes to 1 hour (set alarm or timer). Standing up for 1 – 2 minutes every hour will reduce the negative effects of sitting all day.

March in place for twenty seconds.

Reach down and try to touch your toes for twenty seconds.

Maintain intervals of moderate activity during the day.

Exercises / stretches that can be performed at your desk:

Sitting in your chair, lift one leg off the seat.

extend it out straight, hold for 2 seconds;

lower your foot – do not touch floor – hold for several seconds.

Switch

Do each leg 10-15 times.

MORE –

Sitting Weight Shift

 Sit with feet flat on floor, and on hands for support.

 Lean forward through hips bringing nose over knees.

 Return.

 Now, lean backward through hips.

 Hold each position 7-10 seconds.

 Repeat several times through the day.

Shoulder Blade Squeeze (Adduction)

2. Draw shoulders back, bringing elbows back and inward

3. squeeze shoulder blades).

4. Hold for 6 seconds.

5. Repeat 4-6 times.

Low Back Sitting with Rotation                              

1. Sit on edge of seat, one hand on opposite knee, other hand on chair.

2. Keep feet parallel.

3. Pull with hand on knee and, if needed, push with hand on chair to rotate trunk to that side.

4. Hold 7-10 seconds.

5. Repeat on other side.

6. Do 2-4 rotations on each side.

Hip Extensors / Rotators                                     

1. Sit back straight, right ankle crossed over left thigh.

2. Grasp bent knee with both hands.

3. Gently rotate left shoulder toward bent knee and begin to pull right knee toward left shoulder.

4. Resist the knee pull by using hip muscles, 7-10 seconds.

5. Maintaining position, relax, then pull knee closer to shoulder.

6. Hold 7-10 seconds.

7. Repeat on other side.

Low Back Stretch                                              

1. Sit in chair with knees spread apart.

2. Bend forward toward the floor.

3. A comfortable should be felt in lower back.

4. Hold 7-10 seconds. Repeat several times.

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[tiktaalic]

Father am I being called to remove my vessel’s wedding ring before I introduce myself to the righteous man. I think I am

[frank-kastled]

Baby's first attempt at some mobility work and pistol squats

[rrr-is-gay]

Do you ever find yourself thinking about how flexible Rama Raju’s hips and legs are? Cuz I do… 👀

[moonshynecybin]

to be honest vale is he is postponing the date of a reconciliation so much just because marc is still driving and can still beat his titles. I wouldn't be surprised if marc were to retire without passing vale's titles and vale went to him to wish him well on his retirement as if he hadn't spent the last decade of his life hating him

like the second he is sure that marc can no longer win the title he could easily be like "it wasn't that serious anyway"

marc loses the title to pedro acosta in 5 years and the second he does vale pops up at his door with eight condoms and a bottle of prosecco like. hello :)

[runawaymarbles]

Sometimes you can tell that a fic is written by someone in their early 20s based on what they think injury recovery timelines look like.

[curiosity-killed]

I generally think menstruation & all related experiences should be opt-in, but what really peeves me is that I didn’t start experiencing cramps until I was 20 & they have just progressively gotten worse over the years to the point that now, apparently, I just get them randomly throughout the month for no reason

[fitnessmantram]

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The strongest hip joint flexor is the iliopsoas muscle. A powerful flexion of the thigh at the hip joint is produced by simultaneously contracting the psoas major and iliacus muscles. However, when its distal end is fixed, the psoas major can act independently on its attachment to the lumbar spine.

[voidmade]

floor barre workout so good my femurs are still trying to find their way back into the hip sockets

[remuslupinfarts]

PSA: if you ever decide to walk a half marathon…just reapply sunscreen. Who cares that you are stopping for a min just do it you will thank yourself later

[ben-crytalker]

i had to go to an orthopedist and while she did say i have a slight ~form~ of hip dysplasia, she also told me it’s the same thing a lot of olympic level gymnasts have (aka why they’re all preternaturally bendy and i’m similarly hypermobile), so guess which part i’m choosing to bring up when people ask me how my appointment went

[circusclownproductions]

my body is so determined to be in pain

[neuroticrobotic]

Fellow Tumblr geriatrics, what goofy stretches do you do at home when no one's watching? And I'm talking about the freakiest leg shaking, elbow popping, neck twisting eldritch pretzels you might dance yourself into.

I'll start us off. I do this move 1 to 1, and it gives the most satisfying pop to my inner hip flexors!

[ttaibhse]

theres some yoga poses where i dont know if im doing them wrong or if im maybe slightly hypermobile in some areas because they feel way too easy. then others that feel like they should be easy are absurdly hard lol

[yimpleton-city]

Does she have a big ass or does she just have an anterior pelvic tilt