6 hip stretches for tightness and pain

Is hip tightness to blame for your back or knee pain? The cool tattoos are optional. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Because, even among those of us who exercise regularly, the further we get from childhood the more limited our varieties of movement typically become, leading to weaker muscles, brittler bones and less mobile joints. "We don't move laterally as much anymore, as we get older and we're not playing sports. Even if you're long-distance running, you're just moving in one plane [of motion]," says Patrick Suarez, OCS, SCS, a physical therapist based in Albany, New York.