Forefront Physical Therapy

Want to work on hip control and stability in a different way? 🤔

Try reverse clamshells with Dr. Ethan.

This variation challenges the muscles around your hips to stay controlled while moving through rotation. It may look simple, but keeping the movement smooth without your pelvis rolling around is the hard part.

The focus is staying steady through your hips while controlling the motion the entire time. No rushing and no letting the body twist just to get more range.

You’ll probably feel the muscles around your hips and deep glutes working to keep everything aligned and stable.

Save this and give it a try during your next lower body or mobility session. 💪

Want to improve your shoulder control, stability, and upper body strength all at once? 👀

Try the scapular push up.

It might look like a small movement, but it teaches your shoulder blades how to move properly while your arms stay straight. Instead of bending through the elbows, the focus is on controlled movement through the shoulder blades.

A lot of people shrug, wing, or lose control around the shoulders without realizing it. This exercise helps improve awareness, control, and strength around the muscles that support healthy shoulder movement.

You’ll feel your upper back, serratus, core, and shoulders all working together to keep everything stable.

Great as part of a warm up, upper body training, or even shoulder rehab work when done properly.

Save this and give it a try on your next workout. 💪

Do your hips feel tight even when you’re working on mobility? 👀

This plank variation with 3D arm swings helps your hip flexors learn how to stabilize while the rest of your body moves.

Instead of only stretching the hips, this challenges your core, hips, and shoulders to work together through different directions and ranges of motion.

It’s a great drill for building hip stability, core control, better coordination, and stronger overall movement patterns.

Drop a 👀 in the comments if you’re trying this in your next warm-up.

POV: You’ve been stretching your hip flexors for months, but they still feel tight 👀

Stretching can help, but sometimes your hips need a little more strength and control too.

Try this lunge variation to work on hip mobility, balance, core control, and rotation all at once. It’s a great way to help your hips feel more stable and move better during workouts, sports, and everyday movement.

Move slow, stay steady, and let your hips do the work.

Save this for your next warm-up, or send it to someone who’s always talking about tight hips.

Why are squats still one of the most underrated exercises? 👀

They show up in real life more than you think. Sitting, standing, picking things up, getting off the floor… it’s all a squat pattern.

At the same time, you’re building strength through your quads, glutes, hamstrings, and core while taking your hips, knees, and ankles through a full range of motion.

That combination helps your joints handle load better and makes everyday tasks feel easier.

Simple exercise. Huge carryover.

Save this before your next leg day and don’t skip your squats 💪

Want to work on balance, control, and hip strength all at once? 👀

Try the toe touch RDL.

It looks simple, but it really challenges how well you can control your body on one leg. Most of your weight stays on the front leg while the back foot helps with light support.

The focus is keeping your hips square, your knee tracking well, and moving through a clean hip hinge without twisting or losing balance.

You’ll feel your glutes, your core, and even your foot working to keep everything steady.

Great for building single-leg strength that actually carries over to real life.

Save this and try it on your next lower body day 💪

Because not every part of training is fun… but the results are always worth it 👀

Which exercise do you push through even though you don’t like it? 👇

Started adding marching glute bridges into my routine and didn’t expect it to be this challenging 😅

You think it’s just a regular bridge… until you lift one leg and your core has to work overtime to keep your pelvis steady.

That’s what makes this so effective. You’re not just building glute strength, you’re training your body to control movement, stay balanced, and avoid letting your lower back take over.

It also carries over really well to things like walking, running, and single-leg movements where stability actually matters.

Looks simple, but it builds the kind of strength you’ll actually use.

Be honest… are your hips staying level or dropping? 👇