Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / recovery
Foam roll glutes and hip flexors
Move slowly over one tight zone at a time, not the low back.
Muscles
- Primary
- hips
- Supporting
- glutes, hip flexors
Mechanics
- Pattern
- soft tissue prep
- Equipment
- foam roller
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Aerobic Stability (>90s)
- Target feel
- Pressure stays tolerable while breathing remains smooth.
- Progression
- Pause on one tight spot for three slow breaths.
- Regression
- Use lighter pressure or a softer roller.
Watch for
- Rolling too fast
- Grinding on sharp pain
Substitutions
- Lacrosse ball glute release
- Couch stretch
- 90/90 hip switches