HIPS & GLUTES

                            Hip Flexor Strains: A Guide to Treatment                                                                       By Cori Thompson, MS, ATC, CSCS
With a hip flexor injury, as with many musculoskeletal injuries, the healing process is based upon three stages of healing. These stages include the acute inflammatory phase, the intermediate (repair) phase, and the advanced (remodeling) phase. Although it has been two and a half months, your muscle remains in the advanced remodeling phase. This phase typically begins three weeks after injury and can last up to...      [Read More]
 
 
 
 
 
Training the Hip and Glutes for Sports
by Chip Sigmon, CSCS*D
Derriere, buttocks, buns, or butt; whatever you like to call it, this area of the body is clearly identified by its location.  Its offical name is the "glutes" or "gluteals" and in athletic performance strong "hips and glutes" are of the upmost importance. However it's just not strength that must be considered when training...[Read More]