A well-trained sports medicine chiropractor would tell you that foam rolling your hips is a bad idea. The IT band is a tendon and doesn't respond well to that type of ischemic work. The best course of action is to release the TFL and strengthen your lateral hip stabilizers.

We feature Rock Tape® at South West Health Spine & Sport and perform many different types of taping techniques depending on the injury that you are suffering from.

Sports medicine chiropractors are well-trained in determining if your muscles are firing properly or are activated. Former world number one Tiger Woods, claimed that “his glutes would not activate” as the reason for withdrawing from the PGA tour event at Torrey Pines. I don't think this girl has that problem. More on that later.

Activation of a muscle essentially means the ability to fire or contract that muscle. In the case of the glutes, this becomes a very important issue as the hip musculature is one of the most important components of your core. It is part of what we call the posterior chain.