![]() Add it to your day, either during one of your quick movement breaks, or at the end of the day, to get the blood flowing and keep your muscles feeling good.ĭemoing the moves below are Charlee Atkins, C.S.C.S., creator of Le Stretch class (GIFs 1, 2, and 3) Devon Stewart, a yoga instructor based in NYC’s Harlem (GIF 4) Shanna Tyler, a New York–based yoga instructor (GIF 5) and Caitlyn Seitz (GIF 6), a New York–based group fitness instructor and singer/songwriter. Yuen put together the stretch routine below. Butt stretches (to loosen your glutes and the surrounding muscles) can help too. To combat that hip tightness and glute soreness, you should aim to stand up for a quick 5-to-10-minute movement break every hour, Yuen suggests. “Usually, if the hips are stiff, the lower back suffers first.” “It’s possible that you might strain a muscle or compensate at a different joint due to a lack of mobility at the hips,” Yuen says. This tightness can also increase the chance you might pull something if you decide to hop out of your chair and go right into a run or intense HIIT session at the end of the day. That can add up to a whole lot of tightness and potential issues with range of motion and mobility, both during everyday activities and workouts. The tightness felt here is actually a stretch tension. ![]() Spending too much time sitting can decrease your hip and lower-back mobility. I refer to this as stretch tension where the hamstring actually in an elongated position. “These resulting postures aren’t necessarily harmful, but if you lose your ability to get out of them, you’re more likely to develop low-back and hip pain.” Basically, the more chronically tight your hip flexors are, the easier it’ll be to slip into this arched-back position subconsciously. This puts you in a position where the tightened, shortened muscles pull your pelvis forward, causing your lower back to hyperextend, or arch, Yuen explains. Short-term, spending too much time sitting on your butt can make you feel really stiff in the muscles in front of your hips, or your hip flexors. Just like the muscle, these nerves need movement and blood flow.” “Numbness, however, is usually due to compression of the nerves that run near the glute muscles on the back of the hip. “If your chair has a sharp edge, the nerves tend to get irritated more quickly,” says Yuen. When you’re sitting in the same position for too long, the nerve compression can cause a numb butt or that lovely pins-and-needles sensation. The standing hamstring curl is a bodyweight exercise that tones your hamstring muscles. The tight, sore feeling can simply be due to not moving enough, Cameron Yuen, P.T., D.P.T., C.S.C.S., senior physical therapist at Bespoke Treatments in New York City, tells SELF. Hamstring curls also stretch your quadriceps, which can help relieve quad tightness and back pain. ![]() But butt stretches can loosen up your tight tush, fast. It’s pretty common to make it to the end of the day and realize your butt is a little sore, tight, or maybe even numb.
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