If you've felt pain running along your outer thigh or the outside of your knee, your IT band may be to blame. The iliotibial band, or IT band, runs along the outer thigh from the pelvis to the ...

Your adductor muscles help maintain a strong hip, knee, core, and lower back. To keep these muscles loose and avoid cramps, include dynamic stretches as part of your warm-up routine and static ...

This is a great stretch for loosening up the outside of your hips and thighs. It you’re not limber enough to hold your foot, you can hook a strap or a towel around it to help you reach it. -- Karen ...

Discover simple and effective yoga poses designed to stretch your hamstrings and inner thighs while opening your hips. This short video is perfect for all ages and body types, guiding you through each ...

If you have sharp pain or tightness on the outside of your knees or hips, there’s a good chance it’s caused by your IT band. This area of the body is notoriously tough to stretch, but never fear — ...

(KUTV) — The gracilis is a muscle that runs along the inner thigh and is responsible for hip adduction and assists with knee flexion. Jeffery Beck, exercise specialist from Intermountain Medical ...

Ahh, the outer thighs. Who doesn't want this area to be a little narrower in a pair of tight jeans? All you need is an exercise band for this outer thigh stretch you can do anywhere. Standing on the ...

It’s very easy to cheat when performing some of the more popular stretches. But without proper form, we can end up wasting our time or worse -- creating undue stress on our joints. When done correctly ...

Denise Austin just shared her “favorite” lower-body exercises. The 67-year-old demonstrated how to do a “strong and lean leg workout,” on Instagram. The moves include a side lunge, an inner thigh ...

A conditioning program that includes stretches can help increase knee strength and mobility. Certain stretches can also help to reduce stress on the knee joint, which may help to reduce knee pain.

Whether due to an injury or pregnancy, sciatica hurts! The piercing, shooting pain is caused when the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower spine down the back of each leg, gets pinched. It can be ...