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  2. 14 stretches to loosen tight hips and prevent back pain

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    The hip-flexor muscles include the psoas major, iliacus and rectus femoris. They play a crucial role in hip movement, allowing you to lift your knee, bring your thigh toward your abdomen, and bend ...

  3. Tight hip flexors? This simple move restores mobility in minutes

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    The three-way hip flexor release is a mobility exercise I practiced and refined over years of working with professional athletes to address the varying tension patterns caused by different sports ...

  4. Leg extension - Wikipedia

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    The exercise engages all four heads of the quadriceps, the vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis and rectus femoris. The vastus lateralis has been shown to engage more during the movement when toes are pointed inward. The rectus femoris engages more when the toes are pointed outward. [8]

  5. Leg raise - Wikipedia

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    The leg raise is a strength training exercise which targets the iliopsoas (the anterior hip flexors).Because the abdominal muscles are used isometrically to stabilize the body during the motion, leg raises are also often used to strengthen the rectus abdominis muscle and the internal and external oblique muscles.

  6. 10 Best Exercises To Strengthen Your Hips as You Age - AOL

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    Continue reading for the 10 best exercises to strengthen your hips as you age. And when you're finished, don't miss. 1. Hip Bridges. Shutterstock.

  7. Squat (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.

  8. What Muscles Are Used in Jumping Jacks? Trainers Break It Down

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    Rectus femoris. Vastus lateralis ... "Jumping jacks are a form of cardio exercise and not resistance training because they don’t involve a form of external resistance like dumbbells, bands ...

  9. Rectus femoris muscle - Wikipedia

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    The posterior division of the L4 root is the femoral nerve. The femoral nerve innervates the quadriceps femoris, a fourth of which is the rectus femoris. When the rectus femoris receives the signal that has traveled all the way from the medial side of the precentral gyrus, it contracts, extending the knee and flexing the thigh at the hip. [2]