(CNN) — If your knees hurt, your first instinct is probably to blame them. But in many cases, knee pain isn’t about the knees at all — it’s about what’s happening above them. Tight hips, especially ...

Yoga teacher (and teacher to other yoga teachers) Lucas Rockwood says you need three types of movement for hip mobility and flexibility: hip flexion, extension and lateral rotation. The video below, ...

“Over time, prolonged sitting can cause your hip flexors to shorten as an adaptation—and that is usually what people mean ...

Stretching your tight hips may not be enough ...

There's a good reason we all need good hip stretches. “Tight hips are incredibly common,” says Winnie Yu, DPT, CSCS, a physical therapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist in New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your hip flexors are likely tight if you spend most of your day sitting, and your knees could be the ones to suffer due to ...

Tight hips, especially when combined with weakness or poor control, can alter how your legs move, forcing your knees to compensate in ways they’re not designed to. Over time, this added stress leads ...

Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical ...