The Seated Piriformis Stretch is a static stretching exercise focusing on achieving flexibility improvements of the external hip rotators. Implementing the piriformis stretch into your regular static stretching routine is important. Because the external hip rotators are being activated during lateral movements, such as moving along the baseline during ground strokes. The piriformis stretch in…
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Dynamic Piriformis Stretch
The Dynamic Piriformis Stretch warms up the musculature of the external hip rotators for explosive change of direction capabilities on the court. Apart from preparing the musculature for explosive movements, the dynamic piriformis stretch reduces the risk for injury and improves flexibility of the external hip rotators. Every time you are taking a step sideways,…