This is the best hip mobilization I have ever come across. I have tried 90/90 forever, it never worked for me. I just did this on the floor for two minutes and after a few reps where the muscles in my legs had to wake up, I have my hips back to 80/90% of what they were ten years ago. The central nervous system is fascinating, and this is awesome. Thank you!
Hey Blake just wanted to thank you a million times over for all the information you provide. I have all kinds of posture problems that has caused me my job cause I couldn't move. I went to see many chiropractor but they very expensive, its like they just want me to keep coming back and because I lost my job, I just could not afford it anymore. the NHS here in UK wouldn't help either. so I turned to youtube and found you, started watching your videos in July and now I am well and fit 100%. its like a miracle. couldn't believe you are giving this information free when the stupid chiroprators are charging £50 for each visit. God bless you and your entire family my friend.
@@GuerrillazenFitness hii bruh I used to have testicular pain while sitting . I confused like anything why am I getting this pain . I abserved that my hips were externally rotated due to which my hamstring muscle squeezing my balls. After trying this exercise it's worked like anything thanks for suggesting .
The same story my friend(Greece).. The chiropractors and PTs and of course the doctors don't really want to help you get rid of your problem.. All about the money.. I had chronic back pain(really bad) and hip stiffnes and also pain.. Through our friend's videos and some others I am really better now!!! So thank you too Guerrillazen 🙏
I already left a comment, but I want to say I’ve been doing this for just a week and have noticed a huge difference in how I feel when I walk now. I’m out for a walk right now and my hips feel like they are stretching as I walk and it feels like a nice massage lol. I’ve noticed it at work, but now that I’m actually walking a good distance it’s really noticeable. I used to have a pinch in my hip that’s gone now. Thank you for this ❤
This is an excellent stretch and strengthening exercise for ice-hockey goalies. I am a goalie and even though I am very flexible in the splits my hips would not turn out more than 30° or so and this exercise has helped in opening my hips up and increasing my kick save spread when in the down butterfly position. Thanks and subscribed.
Thank you. I am designing a yoga class for golfers. I had nooo idea my internal rotation was so bad. We focus a ton on external in yoga. Really happy to have these 2 great exercises to balance yoga class and loosen up some golfers hips so they may swing better!
Ex ballet dancer here. Severe external rotation. Zero internal rotation, and now long term itb, tfl issues with iliac crest syndrome and inactive glute meds. 😕 Thanks for the advice. Love your vids! Hoping it will help me get back Into pain free running again.
Hello Blake ! Thanks for the awesome information and quality.I would like to ask you a question.You demonstrate the exercise with the triggerpoint foam roller ''the grid'' and i want to buy one,but i don't know if i should buy that or the grid X which is 2 times firmer.I am new to foam rolling but i lift 2 years now so i suppose that the firmer the better.What's your advise?
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else wants to learn about aching hip flexorsbest workout for hips try Nevolly Hip Relief Nerd (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my partner got excellent results with it.
Why is it important to dorsiflex? Because there are no muscles that run over the knee and act as a dorsiflexor as well? The only biarticular muscle on the lower leg is the gastrocnemius right? Are you doing it to create some tension on these?
i'd like to see you move the offer for coaching and downloads to the beginning of the video - it makes it clear what you do / offer which helps us, and gets your coaching in front of users quicker which hopefully will help you. I loved the video - really great advice. Thanks
I watched a few different people talk about internal hip rotation on RU-vid before I found this and this is by far the best one far and away by leaps and bounds. I'm a Zen Gorilla as well. But I failed the internal hip rotation test. It's past my bedtime tonight but I'm going to start this tomorrow. Thanks! Oh and my name is Blake too!
Thanks for sharing these tips. I’m here because of over pronation in one foot which seems to be caused by lack of internal hip rotation. I did your test and yep, screwed for rotation. So I’ve started doing the exercises you’ve demonstrated. Thanks again
Great information! Finally realized what I need to work on for what I now know is inadequate internal rotation which is likely hindering my running performance. Thank you!!
Subbed. I plan on watching some of your videos on posture correction and other stuff, particularly your stuff on lower back, and who knows what else. Thanks for being awesome! :D
I could barely move my legs at all. That explains a lot 😂 I noticed it’s difficult to do this without knee pain on my left side, but it helped to just really pull my toes up and only move my leg down a tiny bit. After that I let it hang there as I breathed and it continued to drop on its own. Pretty cool to see that happen lol. Felt a lot better that way
This is unreal! When I watch people just damn near turn their femur 45 degrees outward like that, it seems inhuman to me. I have ZERO internal rotation capability; My legs naturally hang at about 20 degrees external rotation when seated, and I can barely get into that seated position on the floor with my feet at shoulder width. It feels completely solid, impossible to go further in that direction. It's like my hips simply aren't positioned right at all. I discovered all of this after a trip to a fantastic physician in Durango due to 3 years of lower back pain and clicking. I discovered how my hips simply do not move, which has put years of wear and tear on my lower spine. Since then, I have discovered Foundation Training, which has saved my life. The newly found strength I have in my lower back, and the lengthening of my hamstrings and ankle flexibility has pretty much eliminated the pain, but my hips still do not move. I truly don't believe this can be improved, as much as I find videos like yours. I would give anything to work in person with someone like you to see if this can be corrected. I will try these out in tandem with Foundation Training, though!
Thanks Blake for These great videos. I feel that the further one advances in these exercises, the more you work you realize you have to do. It's like literally the tip of the iceberg. I honestly thought I had adequate hip mobility until I tried some of these exercises. Lol!! Oh well back to the drawing board. Keep up the great work and please keep making these videos because they're doing people a world of good!
Welp... looks like I've got about 15 degrees of internal rotation on my right hip! This has actually been hurting me when cycling, because the hunkered down position of road biking requires more than that, probably at least 25 degrees. My lack of right leg internal rotation has been transferring the extra few degrees of rotation into my right knee, which causes inflammation after high mileage rides. I'm definitely gonna start doing this every day. Thanks for the info!
Another great video ,man. I got here from a Gait Guys video related to single foot external rotation due to internal rotation issues of the femur. I have been trying to increase my running, but for the past year or so I have hit a hard plateau due to reoccurring injuries. I checked my right leg(the side that has been having all the issues) and it is basically sticking straight up on the internal rotation test. Good place to start fixing. Thank you for the exercises!
Blakely Geoffrey ya he should do a vid on snapping hip syndrome I have that and the pops and clicks are bad this is and old comment so i hope he made a vid by now
Hi, Thank you for this video. I'm putting to use what you've shared. Do you have a video on how to improve external hip rotation? I'd like to incorporate that as well.
hi Blake great drills really helped these 2 drills with my piriformis pain after after only doing them a few times my knees are feeling it" andthing else which can give sane results but without the irritation to my knees"???
first and foremost thanks for the knowlege your sharing brotha. I'm so tight that when I do these great exercises the body is creating pressure points in other areas, especially in the knees. that how hard some of these exercises feels, I swear to you I'm not out of shape in any way. is there a way you can share like a pre, intro way to this movements. some love for all of the stiff peeps out there haha
thank you from the hearts of my heart. this is the exact thing i was looking. not just exercise but to know actually what i am doing. i have synergistic imbalance as well as a little sciatica so can i do exercise for both at the same time. does one exercise interfere with another one
I wish there was a side angle I don’t see how far out your feet are supposed to be planted and also that’s way wider than shoulder width, or else your leg would be hitting the other job trying to go down
Question, which may be an obvious answer. My left leg is externally rotated… lol does this mean I’m missing internal rotation?I also have hip pain, could it just be I need to severely do these?
Having both hips replaced and having dislocations afterwards I would be very careful and consult with your surgeon. But you do have to strengthen your hip joint every day, again check with surgeon as they would be best to advise you.
Hello Blake I want to give you a very big THANK YOU because I find after 5 years of suffering the root cause of it ,most because of your video's its a rockhard psoas muscle,man I am so happy the musle feel likes stone ,you think its Ok to do the kettlebel release thing from your video on the psoas because I can hardly breathe wen I'm on it
It is impossible to determine if one hip has limited internal rotation without first looking at both hips internal AND external rotation. All humans have one hip that is relatively more anteverted and one that is relatively more retroverted (ok, not all but 99.999999%). So although you may have "less than average", that doesn't mean its "pathological." All of us have one hip that has less IR than the other, but that same side that has less IR typically has more ER so the Total Range of Motion is what is most important to look at. I would be careful with this kind of evaluation b/c it doesn't tell the complete story. If someone thinks they have limited IR when in fact its their relatively retroverted side and they are trying to force something that cannot change, they can make something irritated that was previously peacefully co-existing. You cannot "stretch or mobilize" your DNA. Look at the total hip rotation range of motion. Another functional test is to simply sit in a chair and cross one leg by place the foot over opposite knee. Look and feel how easy or hard it was to do this. How low is your knee hanging down towards ground. Then do the other. You will surely notice how one is easier and always has been easier than the other. Next do his IR test on floor. The side that was easier to cross in sitting (ER) will likely be the one that is harder on the floor in IR. That being said, I very much support him in his quest to help people improve their hip mobility. Just need to make sure that people know that symmetry is not the goal. No human is perfectly symmetrical, not supposed to be.
Hey this is awesome! What might cause poor internal hip rotation? I have an imbalanced pelvis (tight and high on the side that rotates less) and was wondering if this was all related. Thanks!
I have REALLY bad internal hip rotation, and now I have water on the hip on one side (so I'm told after MRI). I'm wondering if the bad internal hip rotation is the cause. Is it OK to do this stretch? I've been told to lay off exercises that aggravate it, but is this stretch OK to do during the recovery period? Thanks!
I probably have a lot of scar tissue that won't let me have correct rotation. Do you have any recommendations to be able to do this in a way that will loosen the muscles? It is very hard living with a outward rotated leg. Thank you!
How much time should be between mobilization and training the specific muscle group? Specifically when is the optimal time to work on mobilizing my hips with regards to doing squats? Thanks for all the videos. I'm still trying to figure out why my squats feel so bad, I'm hoping this helps.
I get inner knee pain on my left leg while doing this stretch, Is it okay to continue slowly, or should I stop even though my internal rotation is crap?
Wassup blake, you mention for this mobilization when performing it that it could cause a lot of torsion for the knee, Now my knee feels like if it weaker. Any advice?
So i have this but i also havr valgus knees and flat feet, do you recomend still doing this or something else? You have excercise for valgus knees also? Tnx