Do This For 10 Days To Unlock Stiff Joints

Contrary to the video thumbnail, this doesn’t require squats:

Easy does it

1. Sit-back hip opener: start on all fours (on your bed is fine, no need for discomfort on the floor) with your knees under your hips and the insides of your feet flat against the bed. Widen your knees slightly, then slowly sit your hips backwards as far as you can, then return to neutral. If it feels easy, widen your knees further and lie your feet flatter. This mobilizes your hips into flexion and external rotation, easing stiffness and supporting better joint movement. You can alternate between sitting backwards and leaning forwards to stretch both sides of your hip capsule. Do this for about one to two minutes, once or twice a day.
2. Seated hip rotations: sit on a few folded towels against a backrest with your knees bent and feet flat. Let both legs drop to one side—one knee moves outwards while the other crosses inwards—then rotate to the opposite side. Keep your buttocks on the towels and move only from your hips. Remove the towels one by one as you improve. This improves hip capsule flexibility and strengthens your hip rotators. Do about one minute in the morning and one minute in the evening for 10 days.
3. Ankle mobilization: place a chair with its back against a wall and rest one foot flat on the seat, heel down. With both hands on your knee, gently push your knee forwards over your toes without lifting your heel. You can move in and out for dynamic mobilisation or hold for 30 seconds as a static stretch. For a deeper stretch, hold the back of the chair and pull yourself closer. This improves ankle dorsiflexion, helping with walking, squatting, and reducing lower-body tightness.

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