Got Hip Pain? You May Need To Work This Surprising Part Of Your Body

To test if you actually have tight hip flexors, lay down with your hips hanging off the edge of a bed and hug one knee into your chest. If you’re able to draw the top knee into your chest while the bottom leg remains flat to the bed, it’s not hip tightness that is causing tension and pain, but weakness.

Knowing what’s going on in your own body is not only empowering, but allows you to focus on what is actually going to make a difference in how you feel longterm. Giving your psoas what it needs can not only help improve the efficacy of your fitness routine, but also improve your overall quality of life.

Below, I’ve compiled some of my favorite moves to both stretch and strengthen that psoas, for some much-needed hip relief.