Hi Reader,

If you’re struggling with tight hips, lower back pain, or tension in your legs, I have a new stretching routine to help you get relief and improve mobility and flexibility in your hips.

Tightness in the hips pulls your pelvis forward, triggering pain in the lower back and piriformis.

Research shows that addressing pelvic tilt and hip range of motion can improve back pain. The stronger your hips (glutes), the more stress they can relieve from your lower back.

But before you start working on doing more glute work, we want to release tension in the front of the thighs to allow for more range of motion.

I have recorded a guided 15-minute stretching routine that includes 15 stretches to help you release tightness in the hips and the lower back muscles.

You can use this stretching routine at the end of your workouts, or on a separate day to allow you to increase flexibility and range of motion.

Here are the muscles we will target:

• Hip flexors
• Piriformis
• Hamstring complex
• Adductors
• Rhomboids
• Paraspinals: Erector spinae, quadratus lumborum
• Latissimus Doris

​Click here to get the 15 hip and lower back stretches.​

To watch on YouTube, click here​

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I hope you enjoy this routine. If you’d like me to create more of this type of guided release video, please let me know in the comments, and I will certainly record more for you.

Here are a couple of programs I highly recommend if you struggle with tight hips pulling on your pelvis and lower back that also include guided routines:

​Release Your Hip Flexors Program​

​Strong Glutes​

​Piriformis Control for pain in the buttocks or sciatica

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