Have you ever seen a pitcher throwing a baseball? This action, which involves maintaining stability on one foot while also moving both the free leg and the torso, activates the hip external rotators.

Background Previous research has shown that muscle imbalances may be an important risk factor for lower limb injuries in runners. No studies have evaluated hip musculature imbalance in sprinters.

Background Attention has turned into the role of proximal risk factors in the development of lower extremity (LE) injury. Objective To prospectively identify hip strength associated risk factors ...

“The hips are designed to move, so they thrive through movement,” says Meredith Witte, MSEP, CSCS, functional strength coach and yoga expert. But for many women, tight hips are the too familiar to ...

Rotational abnormalities are a common problem in many neuromuscular disorders, such as cerebral palsy and myelomeningocele. Torsional bony deformities, identified during the clinical examination, may ...