Purpose: This exercise is a progression of a side plank and and a side lying leg lift.
Focus: Hip abductors, obliques, transversus abdominus, TFL, glutes, back injury prevention
Up Next in Hips & pelvis
-
Foundation-Advanced: Supine unilatera...
Purpose: This exercise helps skaters learn how to engage their deep core muscles and pelvic floor so that they are not compensating form or using their lower back.
Focus: Deep core strength, pelvic floor, back injury prevention, hip stability, external rotation
-
Advanced-Elite: 90-90 externally rota...
Purpose: This is a great exercise for building hip strength and stability, which is especially important for figure skaters on their jump landings, and to prevent injuries such as hip tears. This variation works on building hip strength in an externally rotated position.
Focus: Hip strength, hi...
-
Advanced-Elite: Hip injury prevention...
Purpose: This video address hip injuries in figure skaters and ways that skaters can be pro-active to avoid sidelining hip injuries.
Focus: Hip injury prevention, hip mobility, hip stability, soft tissue work, myofascial release, hip range of motion, hip flexor strength, glute strength, joint m...
