✅ The glutes play such an important role in the stability and movement of your lower back, hip, knee and even ankle.
➡️ Therefore, when your glute muscles don’t activate well, it can contribute to pain and injury in various areas of your body.
🚨 There are a couple of reasons why your glutes may not be firing as expected.
➡️ First of all, the phenomenon of ‘pain inhibition’ can play a significant role.
➡️ Studies have shown that in the presence of pain, glute muscle activity is often significantly decreased or inhibited. This can be from local pain (such as the hip) or further removed, such as the ankle.
➡️ There is also some evidence that spending a lot of time in sitting, where the glutes are on stretch while the hip flexors (the opposing muscle group at the front of your hip) are activated and therefore may also contribute to poor glute activation.
🤔How to activate your glutes?
✅ As with all muscles, glutes are best strengthened with targeted exercises.
✅ When looking for how to activate your glutes, choosing the right exercises is important.
✅ Good technique and finding the muscle activation cue that works for you is also important.
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