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To begin with, I barely engaged my glutes during this move and felt hip pain. After practising for a week, it felt easier.

Hip flexor muscles are essential for everyday mobility. Here's how to stretch them properly. Daryl Austin, USA TODAY Tue, November 14, 2023 at 10:03 AM UTC 4 min read ...

Tight hip flexors are a surprising but common cause of chronic tension in your hamstrings — the muscles on the backs of your legs that stretch when you bend to touch your toes.

Also, your hip abductor muscles on the outside of your hip “help keep your body balanced in a side-to-side direction when standing on one leg,” Dr. Candy says.

According to the American Hip Institute, the hip flexors are primarily made up of five muscles: the psoas major, the iliacus, the rectus femoris, the pectineus, and the sartorius.

Because of how the hip flexors attach with the lumbar spine, pelvis and thigh bones, tightness in the area could contribute toward lower back pain or general tension in the area.

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