Many soccer athletes suffer from tightness or discomfort in their hip flexors. The common prescription given by soccer coaches is that more stretching needs to be done to loosen up this tightness. However, when the body senses instability or weakness, this can often be perceived as tightness. Combine this weakness with inhibited or stretched out hip flexors and you have a precursor for an injury.
Instead of stretching already weak hip flexors, the solution might be to try and activate or strengthen them. In this video, I demonstrate 5 exercises to improve strength in the hip flexors. These exercises can be very effective in a warm-up or for regular maintenance in soccer athletes or runners.
