Here’s a Simple Movement to Relax Your Legs and Hips
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3 November 2021
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Here are two very simple exercises that will relax the muscles in your hips and legs.
You can do this in bed on your back or seated. Here are the seated directions:
- Sit pretty straight in a comfortable chair that fits you well and supports your lower back behind the waist.
- Pull up a footstool that’s a comfortable height.
- Put your foot up.
- Roll that foot from side to side like the windshield wiper on a car.
You can do this 10 times to start, one foot at a time.
- Roll one foot in circles, in one direction, ten times.
- Pause to the count of ten.
- Roll the foot in the other direction.
- Pause to the count of ten.
- And then roll your other foot in circles the same way.
This is a simple and effective way to strengthen and relax your hip and leg muscles.
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A note from Kathryn: I am not a medical doctor. I am someone with a lot of experience and training in how bodies get pain and how they get rid of it. The information here is educational and based on my 40+ years as a neuromuscular therapist. If your pain continues, gets worse, or you are worried about it, please see your doctor or a specialist. Your body is worth it.
About the writer
Kathryn Merrow is a neuromuscular therapist with more than 40 years of experience helping people find the causes of their muscle pain and release it naturally. Known as The Pain Relief Coach, she teaches simple, logical ways to understand your body so you can get rid of pain instead of just managing it. Pain is a symptom. Kathryn helps you treat the cause.
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