22/10/2025
Foam Rolling
Whole-Body Warmup
Hips and Thighs Part 2 of 4
Hamstrings
Start in a sitting position and move the roller from the soft area behind your knee joint to your sitting bone. As you roll, gently rotate your hips imward and outward-this will help you hit all bey areas.
By Ben Kim
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This warmup is suitable for beginners
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Hip Rotators and Extensors
The hip rotators and extensors are themusdes that attach the hipbone to the pelvis and allow you to rotate the leg inward and outward Start sitting with one buttock on the foam roller. Then caise the anide of the same leg and rest it on the opposite thigh or knee. This will allow you to roll the backs of your upper thighs and but tocka. Use your upper arm and the leg on the ground as support so you can gently rock your
body back and forth. Repeat with the other buttock on the roller.
It's recommended to linger on tander areas for muscie recovery.
Sitting Bones
Next, scoot forward and roll back and forth from Just in front of to just behind your sitting bones. These are the points at which the hamstrings attach to your pelvis, and they experience a lot of burden when your legs are very active. By rolling over them, you decrease the risk of injury to your tendons and hamstrings.
Quads
Now tum over so you are on your stomach with the foam roller under your thighs. Prop yourself up on your elbows, and roll from just above your kneecaps to the crease of your hips. Rotate your hips inward and outward to get all key areas.
Hip Adductors
Still lying stomach down, bend one knee at 90 degrees and place the roller under your inner thigh. Then roll along the inside of the thigh from grain to knee. These musdes can be sensitive, so
Hip Flexors
Next, straighten both legs and place the roller under the top of one thighs. Roll from here up into the pelvis, but not into abdomen. The hip flexer area is one that