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    Default Stop Foam Rolling your IT Band

    Stop smashing your IT band with a foam roller and do this instead! Your IT band doesn’t like compression and this can often make it worse. Have you considered your hip as being the culprit? Maybe we should attack the hip instead of just smashing our body where it hurts! Our hip plays a large role in how the IT band might feel. Our hip muscles actually connect to the IT band, so we should be addressing these areas as key influencers. Here is a way to mobilize and strengthen the hip for improve function in this region!
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    1️⃣ Sit with your target leg forward and your other leg back. Your shoe should essentially be along the top of your thigh/knee. Now, keeping the spine nice and straight, hinge forward through the hips and pick your butt off the ground by applying pressure through both knees and your foot. Slowly come down and control the movement. This is both mobilizing and strengthening the hip of the target leg!
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    I love doing YOGA to keep from being too tight and improving my flexibility.
     

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