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I get popping or clicking in my hips when I’m on my back reaching my legs out. Is that bad?

Non-painful hip popping while reaching out a leg is a sign of core strength/hip flexor activity imbalance. The popping itself is usually the hip flexor.

As you core gets stronger, the hip flexor muscle won’t need to work as hard to control your leg reaching out.

Experiment with rotating the leg in or out to decrease the workload of the hip flexor while still strengthening the abs.

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Updated on: 14/08/2023

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