Hip Osteoarthritis Recipe
Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint condition where the cartilage cushioning the ends of the bones in the hip joint gradually breaks down. This leads to pain, stiffness, and decreased mobility. The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint, and when the cartilage deteriorates, the bones may rub against each other, causing discomfort and inflammation.
Some of the symptoms of Hip Osteoarthritis are:
Pain: Often felt in the groin, thigh, or buttocks, and can radiate to the knee.
Stiffness: Especially noticeable in the morning or after periods of inactivity.
Decreased Range of Motion: Difficulty with activities like walking, climbing stairs, or bending down.
Grinding or Clicking Sounds: Resulting from bones rubbing together due to cartilage loss.
Swelling and Tenderness: Around the joint, especially after activity.
Weakness: In the surrounding muscles due to disuse from pain or limited movement.
In this series, we will directly target the hip. Aging, genetics, overuse, underuse, weight gain, and hormonal changes can affect this condition. This program will focus on improving joint range of motion and reducing pain. Each person will have specific limitations that will need to be addressed. It is recommended that you listen to the modifications and adjust the exercises based on your specific needs. This program is based on the 5-Step Cycle of Muscle Maintenance.
Step 1. Activate | Joint Therapeutics: Isometric and single joint-specific therapy routines to target weak muscles and keep you moving pain free.
Step 2. Integrate | Yoga: Multi-joint isometric resistance training, targeting positional weakness to improve joint mobility and stability.
Step 3. Move | Pilates: Core-Focused Pilates calisthenics and fusion format resistance training with small equipment.
Step 4. Amplify | Strength Training: Workouts with an emphasis on strength training for muscle development using various resistance tools.
Step 5. Optimize | Fitness Fusion: Muscle strength and conditioning fusion workouts with free weights and bands combined with Stability Ball, Barre, and HIIT training.
You can stay on any week for as long as you like! Each week is a step of the muscle maintenance system. Practice at least one video a day for 3-5 days each week. When you are ready to move to the next step, feel free to jump into the week before if your system gets stressed. Think of this as a long-term solution as you work to resolve your issue and keep it at bay for your life!
5-Step Cycle Schedule:
Week / Step 1: Activate
1. Video 296 | Isometric Hip Boost (15 Minute Routine)
2. Video 492 | Isometric Hip Boost: Abduction (15 minutes)
3. Video 298 | Isometric Hip Boost III (15 Minute Routine)
4. Video 297 | Isometric Hip Boost II (15 Minute Routine)
Week / Step 2 Integrate
1. Video 485 | Chair Yoga for Tight Hips (45 minutes)
2. Video 583 | Integrated Hip Isometrics (30 minutes)
3. Video 600 | Integrated External Hip Rotation (45 Mins)
4. Video 522 | ISO-Strong Hips (30 minutes)
Week / Step 3: Move
1. Video 443 | Bodyweight Glutes (15 Minutes)
2. Video 430 | Lower Body Mobility (30 minutes)
3. Video 598 | Hip Mobility (30 mins)
4. Video 565 | Hip Calisthenics (60 minutes)
Week / Step 4: Amplify
1. Video 383 | Glutes Express (15 minutes)
2. Video 473 | Thigh Band Express (15 minutes)
3. Video 559 | Osteo-Hips (35 minutes)
4. Video 378 | Balanced Lower Body Workout (30 Minutes)
Week / Step 5: Optimize
1. Video 400 | Bone Density Challenge Day Five (30 minutes)
2. Video 362 | Barre: Hamstrings and Adductors (30 Minutes)
3. Video 244 | Ball Basic Training (35 Minute workout)
4. Video 611 | Yoga Ball for Legs (45 minutes)
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Video 296 | Isometric Hip Boost (15 Minute Routine) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to flex your hip by strengthening muscles that cross the front of the hip joint. Weakness in this area of the body can cause tightness in the hamstrings and discomfort in the lower back.
You will need a sponge ball for ...
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Video 492 | Isometric Hip Boost: Abduction (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to strengthen the outer hip muscles using the resistance coming from bodyweight, a sponge ball, and a Yoga block to create the isometric exercises. Weakness in these areas can cause tightness in the trunk and spine, making...
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Video 298 | Isometric Hip Boost III (15 Minute Routine) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to extend your hip using the resistance coming from your own bodyweight to create the isometric exercises. Weakness in these areas can cause tightness in the trunk and spine, making it more difficult to sit up straight, sq...
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Video 297 | Isometric Hip Boost II (15 Minute Routine) with Lauren Eirk
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help you to internally and externally rotate your hip using a thigh band and sponge ball as resistance to create the isometric exercises. Weakness in these areas can cause tightness in trunk and spine, making it more difficult to r...
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Video 485 | Chair Yoga for Tight Hips (45 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
In this Hatha Yoga practice, we will use a chair to help us access various hip-focused asanas. The chair raises the floor to meet our body's needs and serves as a platform to press against for muscle activation. You will need a Yoga block and a Yoga strap for this workout.
We will begin from a...
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Video 583 | Integrated Hip Isometrics (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
In this Isometric workout, we will be utilizing isometric resistance training for the hips while integrating the knee, ankle, foot, and spine as a progressive approach to isolation work. Practice multi-joint isometric positions using one or two legged standing positions followed by several seate...
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Video 600 | Integrated External Hip Rotation (45 Mins) with Lauren Eirk
In this routine, we will be incorporating Yoga-inspired multi-joint postures in a very specific way in order to improve the strength of the external and "deep" rotators of the hip joints. If you have ever had a hard time sitting on the floor, some of the reasons could come from weakness!
We wi...
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Video 522 | ISO-Strong Hips (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
In this Yoga-inspired strength training routine, we will be practicing and maintaining several multi-joint positions while under the influence of external resistance challenges.
The dumbbells will be used strategically to challenge many postural muscles as they work to counter the joint action....
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Video 443 | Bodyweight Glutes (15 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This Express workout packs in 15 minutes of the best gluteal exercises using bodyweight only for resistance. Many exercises that are thought to target this area, but it takes strategic control and focus to make bring the glutes to center stage.
Several floor and standing exercises will be tau...
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Video 430 | Lower Body Mobility (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Mobility issues are often caused by muscle weakness. In this quick 30-minute routine, we will be looking at five different positions of the hip joint using bodyweight as resistance to strengthen muscles and improve mobility.
The five positions we will examine are:
1. Hip Flexion
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Video 598 | Hip Mobility (30 mins) with Lauren Eirk
Enhance the flexibility in your hip joits with this integrated aproach to mobility training. Using a variety of positions, this bodyweight routine addresses hip range of motion as compared to the surrounding knee, hip, trunk and spine, foot and ankle motions. See how a limitation at one joint c...
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Video 565 | Hip Calisthenics (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This bodyweight routine is designed to build muscles in your glutes, hip flexors, inner and outer thighs, hamstrings, and calves. We will begin with a warm up, followed by some squat progressions at the barre / support. We will then be working all areas of the complex hip joint, experimenting ...
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Video 383 | Glutes Express (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This Express workout packs in 15 minutes of the best gluteal exercises using dumbbells for resistance. Many exercises that are thought to target this area, but it takes strategic set up and focus to make bring the glutes to center stage.
Start on the floor and progress to several standing exe...
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Video 473 | Thigh Band Express (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This express workout includes a standing warm-up followed by thigh band exercises designed to strengthen the thighs, glutes, and hips while activating the surrounding muscles of the trunk and spine. The exercises will train the gluteus maximus, minimus, and medius muscle groups as well as many h...
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Video 559 | Osteo-Hips (35 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Osteoporosis is often referred to as the “silent” disease because you typically do not have symptoms until you break a bone or become informed at a routine doctor visit. It develops when bone mineral density and bone mass decreases, or when the quality or structure of bone changes.
Osteoporosis ...
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Video 378 | Balanced Lower Body Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
In this balanced strength training workout, we will practice variations on the squat, lunge, and deadlift to give hamstrings and glutes get as much attention as the quadriceps and hip flexors.
This workout begins with a brief warm-up, followed by multi-joint compound movements with dumbbells, t...
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Video 400 | Bone Density Challenge Day Five (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Experience bone-loading resistance training exercises that are themed in abduction and adduction, training the muscles on this outside and inside of the hip and shoulder. Bone loss is common in these regions of the hip due to our sedentary lifestyle.
We begin Day Five with several standing e...
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Video 362 | Barre: Hamstrings and Adductors (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Standing and floor exercises to improve the strength of the hamstrings, calves, and inner thighs (adductors). These muscles help to concentrically flex the knee, squeeze the legs together, and stabilize the hips. The also eccentrically control hip flexion and knee extension, as well as moving t...
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Video 244 | Ball Basic Training (35 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk
This workout gives you a great opportunity to move through various stability ball positions for a good overview of some great features of stability ball training. This workout will teach you how to modify positions to vary your intensity and balance challenges for your desired fitness goals. Th...
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Video 611 | Yoga Ball for Legs (45 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
The interesting thing about Yoga is that it is always about moving to one's end range. However, our lifestyles never do. This is why we normally feel "tight" in these positions. In this routine, we will gently move into a variety of joint positions, taking a full-body approach using multi-join...