This post will show you how to prevent or cure cycling hip pain, using just three simple stretches. It features a video in which a therapist demonstrates the stretches. Unfortunately, it was not a professional video. I shot the video simply to remember how to do the exercises. This had the result that the background music often made it hard to hear the therapist’s instructions. Well, the good news is that I inserted captions into the video, so the instructions are easy to follow.<\/p>\n
A very common complaint from cyclists is painful hips.\u00a0Cycling hip pain usually stems from stiffness in the hip rotator<\/strong>, and from overworking the gluteus maximus. Hip pain can often be remedied with just a few minutes of simple stretching, every day (and especially on days when you cycle).<\/p>\n The three hip stretches demonstrated in the video below<\/a> should do the trick for most hip pain associated with hip stiffness and cycling hip pain. It should also work for most age-related hip pain that prevents people from exercising as they age. In fact, I am publishing this post mainly for my sister, who lives in Australia, and is starting to have hip pain when she tries to run. She has been a great runner all her life, but these kinds of exercises can become more challenging for our bodies after 40. Hope this helps, Sandra!<\/p>\n A while ago I was having recurrent, severe attacks of hip pain in the \u201cwallet area.\u201d As I am a total drama king, I imagined that I was growing a tumor just below my hipbone. Perhaps caused by radiation from all those credit cards? However, Google was pretty clear that credit cards do NOT cause cancer; and that there were NO organs in that area that could possibly be tumorous. So I finally got sensible and went to see a highly skilled physiotherapist (Saqib Niaz,<\/a> the guy who magically solves all my cycling-related aches and pains).<\/p>\n Saqib showed me the three hip stretching exercises in the video, which I now do most evenings. The pain went away, and has never come back<\/strong>. So, if you are having hip pain from cycling, running, or just from living longer than the average cave man, I strongly advise that you try these simple hip stretches. Saqib demonstrates them in the video, and explains how long to hold the stretches for. Basically, hold the two hard stretches for 10 seconds and the easy one for 30 seconds, and repeat each stretch three times. It takes very little time, and is 100% worth it.<\/p>\nCredit Card Cancer?<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Video: 3 Stretches for Cycling Hip Pain<\/h3>\n