Every time an athlete swings, throws, cuts or lands, forces arrive at the hip from the top and from the bottom. The hip has to pivot, absorb and re-accelerate, and it is often the missing piece when we rehab the knee, ankle or adductors.
In this 60-minute conference, I show how to think about the athletic hip for prehab, rehab and performance. It’s written for trainers and therapists, and it’s built to guide your clinical reasoning rather than hand you a recipe.
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What you’ll learn
- Why the hip is both a central pivot and a shock absorber
- What the research says about landing, cutting and throwing
- Why the adductors deserve attention before an injury
- What mobility really means: range of motion, motor control and strength
- How to load the structure, load the pattern and improve the sequence
Chapters
0:00 Welcome and what we’ll cover
7:11 The hip as a central pivot
9:13 The hip as a shock absorber
12:36 What the research tells us: landing, cutting, throwing
16:23 Why the hip matters (ACL, patellofemoral pain, FAI)
22:35 Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
25:47 The adductors are everywhere
32:34 The needs of the athletic hip
35:25 Programming and periodization: mobility
38:24 Hip internal rotation: mobilize, control, stabilize
47:47 Load the structure, the pattern and the sequence
56:30 Take-home message
References cited in the conference
- Huston et al. (2000): hamstring and quadriceps co-activation on landing
- Havens, K. L. & Sigward, S. M. (2015): 90° vs 45° cuts and hip internal rotation
- Adamec et al. (2021): hip-shoulder separation in throwing and striking
- Neumann, D. (2010): adductor activity during rapid or complex movements
- Verkhoshansky, Y. Special Strength Training: Manual for Coaches
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