{"id":2756,"date":"2018-08-28T09:48:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T08:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2018-08-28T09:48:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T08:48:55","slug":"hip-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=2756","title":{"rendered":"Hip Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Achey hips is something I&#8217;m often asked about. There are so many reasons why your hips can be hurting. If the pain is severe then you definitely want to go and seek medical advice. If it is a lower level muscular ache then check out my tips and video below.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of sitting for long periods and standing out of neutral posture all adds up to extra pressure on the hips.\u00a0Hip pain on the outside of your hip, upper thigh or bum\u00a0is usually caused by problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons and other soft tissues that surround your hip joint. Something is tight and out of balance. The body likes to be balanced and there are fascial lines that show us how it is all connected. A tightness in your hip could be related to how you sit and stand, but it could also be related to your shoulder. So it is worth making friends with your local sports massage therapist to get a good assessment and then you know what to work on. Having the area worked out in massage can then free it up for you to strengthen the surrounding areas and keep the tight part mobilised yourself.<\/p>\n<p>So here are some yummy release moves that you can use to find those tight areas and start to work on them yourself. Or use these at the end of a busy day, before you get into an exercise session or between massage and pilates classes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"738\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LTAMqFKzxK8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>To book in for a sports massage do also get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achey hips is something I&#8217;m often asked about. There are so many reasons why your hips can be hurting. If &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,837],"tags":[1553,1556,1551,1552,1554,1555,1549,1548,252,175,253,153,802,118,1557,1550,1198],"class_list":["post-2756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-back-pain-2","category-exercises","category-videos","tag-aching-hips","tag-exercises-for-hip-pain","tag-free-your-hips","tag-hip-exercises","tag-hip-moves","tag-hip-pain","tag-hip-release-exercises","tag-hip-releases","tag-pilates-bitterne","tag-pilates-hampshire","tag-pilates-hedge-end","tag-pilates-southampton","tag-pilates-studio-southampton","tag-pilates-with-priya","tag-sports-massage-bitterne","tag-sports-massage-for-hips","tag-sports-massage-southampton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3FIsx-Is","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2878,"url":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=2878","url_meta":{"origin":2756,"position":0},"title":"How to combat p","author":"Priya Tew","date":"7 February, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s what you do daily that counts. 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