It is also important for everyone to include hip flexor /
iliopsoas stretches into their workout routine.
Not exact matches
The reason to
stretch your hip flexors is that overdeveloped or tight hip flexors (
iliopsoas) will tend to cause your pelvis to tilt forward.
If you rest the same - side arm on the front leg and displace the chest forward and up, raising the other arm, it can help you access and
stretch the
iliopsoas muscles.»
Even though the gluteus maximus does give some
stretch to the
iliopsoas by extending the hip, it then takes part of that
stretch away by pulling the thighs apart and rotating them outward (this combination of movements shortens the
iliopsoas by moving the lesser trochanter closer to the pelvis).