Importance of Glute Stretches

The major muscles in your glutes are namely gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. They are even more commonly known as your butt. Due to the amount of sitting we do, a muscle group called the hip flexors become tighter, while the glutes (behind the hips) become long and weak. It’s like any muscle, use it, or lose it.

Weak or inhibited gluteal muscles can result in overactive hamstrings and be the reason for low back pain, tight iliotibial bands (ITB syndrome) and patello-femoral pain (runner’s knee).

So, without a strong gluteus medius to align the femur, knee and ankle, you are likely to over pronate your feet, which can lead to plantar fasciitis (heel pain), achilles tendinitis and the very common running injury, shin splints.

It’s for these reasons that it’s absolutely vital to incorporate training and stretching of the glute muscles into your weekly exercise routine using the Active Isolated Stretching and Strengthening technique.

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