Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / recovery
Hip Flexor Roll
Lie prone with roller high on front hip, slightly angled away from the abdomen.
Muscles
- Primary
- hip flexors
- Supporting
- iliopsoas, rectus femoris
Mechanics
- Pattern
- soft tissue prep
- Equipment
- foam roller
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Aerobic Stability (>90s)
- Target feel
- Front hip pressure releases while breathing stays calm.
- Progression
- Add a slow knee bend while paused on rectus femoris.
- Regression
- Use a softer roller and smaller range.
Watch for
- Rolling into abdomen
- Arching the low back
Substitutions
- Kneeling hip flexor stretch
- Couch stretch
- 90/90 hip stretch