The Modified Thomas Test A Simple Way to Test Hip Flexor Mobility🦵📝 🧘‍♂️The Modified Thomas Test is a simple and effective way to test the mobility of your hip flexors. Not only will it tell you about the mobility of your hip flexors, but it can also provide insight into other areas that may need mobility work. 💪Improving the mobility of your hip flexors can have numerous benefits. It can improve your posture, reduce lower back pain, and enhance your athletic performance. By identifying area

Hip Flexor Test: The Modified Thomas Test🧘‍♀️🦵 🧘‍♀️🦵This stretch is a complete waste of time if tight hip flexors aren't even causing your lower back pain. So instead of doing this and maybe getting nowhere, I'll show you how to test your hip flexors. So we'll do the modified Thomas test which can tell you a lot but we will focus on the hip flexors specifically. 🧘‍♀️🦵The modified Thomas test is important because it can help you determine if tight hip flexors are causing your lower back pai

Wondering if your hip flexors are tight? Try the modified Thomas test! Sitting on the edge of a table, bench or chair, hug your knee to your chest and lay back. Relax your other leg. It should fall to the level of the bed while you keep your back flat against the bed. Your knee should also not stay straight. If this test shows you have tight hip flexors try the couch stretch daily! Just make sure to do it after running / strength when you’re warmed up. #runner #hipflexors #sportsrehab #physiothe

How do you help gymnasts with chronically "tight hip flexors"? Tight hip flexors, and limited split/leap flexibility, is something that a lot of young gymnasts struggle with. In my experience, there is actually much more to 'tight hip flexors' than just endlessly stretching. Here are some common problems I see people miss. First, we have to make sure it’s actually the hip flexor that is involved. We can look at a Thomas test, and see if the thigh is able to get flat to the surface. Second, if th

Tight Hip Flexors? 💫 . Do you have tightness throughout the front of your hips? . Have you been trying to stretch and getting no where? . You need to figure out if you ✨actually✨ have tight hip flexors. . Remember a “weak” muscle can also feel like a “tight” muscle. . The Thomas Test is a simple screen to see what’s going on. . 👩🏻‍⚕️ Lying on the edge of a bed/table/bench being unaffected knee to chest and see what happens to the straight leg. . ✅Pass: thigh drops on table, knee bends ❌Fail: