(English) Episode 43-Stretch Smarter, Not Harder - Unlocking Your Hip Flexor's Surprising Impact on Performance and Pain

The hip flexor muscles are major contributors to lumbar spine stability. Tight hip flexors can lead to pain in the lumbar spine, and hence to an impairment in performance. Moreover, sedentary behavior is a common problem and a major contributor to restricted hip extension flexibility.Stretching can be a tool to reduce muscle tightness and to overcome the aforementioned problems.Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review with meta-analysis was to determine the effects of a single hip flexor stretching exercise on performance parameters.(Konrad A, Močnik R, Titze S, Nakamura M, Tilp M. The influence of stretching the hip flexor muscles on performance parameters. A systematic review with meta-analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health [Internet]. 2021;18(4):1936. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041936)