is above the bony prominence on the outside of the hip and behind the bony prominence at the front of the hip, this is the likely cause. You can strengthen the gluteal muscles very simply by doing the following exercise:1. Lie on your side on the floor

this one. With one foot on a chair or ledge, bend your upper leg deeply and move your chest down onto your thigh. Keeping your chest low, gently try to straighten your bent leg. 3. Cross-legged sitting gluteals stretchStart in a cross-legged position

away with the foot, trying to straighten the leg against the tension of the cord. You should feel the stretch higher up the hamstring. 2. Lying gluteal stretch against wallKeep the ankle of your front

-2 degrees.You’ll be underusing your gluteals, hamstrings and lower back muscles because you don’t have a static surface to push off from as you run. You’ll need to do excercises strengthen them separately.You’ll also need to stretch your iliotibial band

left side, so your right knee touches the floor. Extend your right arm towards the floor on your right side at head-height, and turn your head to look along it. Relax into the posture, then repeat on the opposite side. Stretches your gluteals, lower

the hamstrings, gluteals, calves, groin and quads in two sets of 30 seconds after exercise, and two sets of 7-10 seconds after a pre-speedwork warm-up jog. If you want to progress further and you have time in the week, try yoga, too.Strength training

an unaccustomed muscle activity. Typically, it occurs in the gluteals, quadriceps and shin muscles, especially after running downhill or sprinting. It’s always advisable to cool down with slow running and stretch after exercise, but this won’t necessarily prevent

on the pelvis. As you push off the ground, the glutes and hamstrings are engaged. 3. DownhillsWhen you're flying down a slope, you need strong gluteal muscles to help absorb the impact and counter the momentum of the forward motion. As fun as it may be to zoom

to the gluteals within the buttock, to confirm the diagnosis. However, little else in the area will actually be sore to touch.Self-treatmentIf it’s bad enough to stop you running, RICE will only have a marginal effect upon treatment.Medical treatment

, strengthening and massaging them, they still won’t necessarily be complaint-free. That’s because the source of thigh issues is often not in the legs at all. You have to go higher. "Many thigh injuries can be traced back to weak hip muscles, such as the gluteals