Stretch your hips for you back demo photos/ Thanksgiving Edition

Happy Thanksgiving all.  I hope you are all preparing for or are recently recovering from eating obscene amounts of food.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?"

You might ask.  And I would reply, "There are many things wrong with me.  To what specifically are  you referring?"

And you would respond in a very judging tone, "How dare you encourage people to eat too much on Thanksgiving!  You are a horrible example!"

And I would say, slightly offended but mostly skeptically, "Look, one day out of the year someone, perhaps even yourself, goes through the trouble of getting up at the crack of dawn to roast a turkey, makes homemade everything from stuffing to potatoes to delicious vegetable casserole to an average of 3 - 4 pies per U.S. capita.  FOR THE LOVE OF GOD EAT IT!!  Be good the rest of the year.  Seriously, I dare you."

Anyway, once you are done stuffing your face with reckless abandon take a look at photos, as promised, for stretching your hips and strengthening your glutes for helping with low back pain:

Static Hip Stretch

This is another look at the static hip stretch as seen in the previous post.  Next we have a variation with a twist which gives the slightly more flexible individual a better stretch:

Static Hip with Rotation

And finally we have the starting position for glute strengthening.  Remember, 15 forward, 15 backward and 15 up and down.

Hip Circles

Thank you to Courtney for your help with photos and please "Plus 1," Forward or Comment to let her know we appreciate her work.  If you need additional information please visit www.canyonptandf.com or e mail me at tom@canyonptandf.com

Next week I will post the photos for the Knee Exercises Even You Can Do.  Until then, give these a try!  Oh and I highly encourage you to count and record your calories during Thanksgiving din...  Haha who am I kidding!  Happy Thanksgiving!