{"id":301031,"date":"2025-11-19T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/301031\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:57:10","slug":"i-did-this-five-minute-hip-mobility-routine-for-30-days-here-are-the-three-ways-it-changed-my-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/301031\/","title":{"rendered":"I did this five-minute hip mobility routine for 30 days\u2014here are the three ways it changed my body"},"content":{"rendered":"

The older I get, the more I need to practice mobility to reduce the daily aches and pains I\u2019m (sadly) starting to feel.<\/p>\n

Hip stiffness is my biggest problem. My right hip in particular gets achy when I\u2019ve been sitting for too long, which is why I wanted to try a five-minute hip mobility routine every day for a month to see if it could help.<\/p>\n

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After a quick YouTube search, I found a routine by NASM-qualified fitness instructor Alyssa Schwartz<\/a>, which looked ideal for stretching out my stiff hips and fitting in on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

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Instead of practising the routine at the same time each day, I decided to slot it in as and when I needed it; on a break when working from home, as a warm-up before a run, and a wind-down before bed.<\/p>\n

After committing to this routine for a month, I noticed three tangible results.<\/p>\n

The routine<\/p>\n

5 Minute STRETCHING ROUTINE For Tight Hips – Stretch With Me! – YouTube
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\nThe changes1. My stride feels longer and more relaxed<\/p>\n

It took around three weeks of daily hip stretching for me to notice a difference in my walking and running stride, but I was really pleased once I did.<\/p>\n

I hadn\u2019t actually realized that my stiff hips were limiting my stride length, but after this experiment my steps now feel smoother, like my hips aren\u2019t blocking any motion.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s subtle, but I can tell I\u2019m covering more ground with less effort.<\/p>\n

2. My pangs of stiffness are less frequent<\/p>\n

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As I mentioned earlier, my right hip will start to twinge when I\u2019ve been sitting for a long time.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the sort of discomfort that borders on painful, so I\u2019m glad to report that just five minutes of daily stretching has massively reduced this.<\/p>\n

I also find that I don\u2019t need as long to limber up before going on a walk or run, as everything in my lower body feels ready to move much sooner.<\/p>\n

3. My balance has improved<\/p>\n

This one surprised me.<\/p>\n

The routine I followed focuses on loosening the hips, but after a month, I can feel a big difference in my single-leg balance and control.<\/p>\n

When I perform any unilateral exercises now, I feel less wobbly and more stable. My hips don\u2019t drop to one side during moves like lunges and I feel like my pelvis is more stable when running.<\/p>\n

A good piece of advice Schwartz shares in the video is to notice whether we sit cross-legged, or stand with our weight shifted to one side more than the other.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve definitely become more aware of when I\u2019m doing this, which could be making as much of a difference to how my hip feels as the routine itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The older I get, the more I need to practice mobility to reduce the daily aches and pains…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-301031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}