Boxing the compass: a powerful multi-angle hip mobility exercise | Stretch Therapy
Channel: Kit Laughlin
Date: 2014-06-19

For more in-depth guides, please visit https://stretchtherapy.net/

This is one exercise from our Mastery program, *Master the squat and hip mobility*; we call it "Boxing the compass". It is an extremely effective whole-hip limbering routine. 

"Boxing the compass" works the hamstrings, hip flexors, all adductors, TFL, ITB, and quadriceps. As well it has a powerful fascial effect, too. The sequence explores all the small angles between what we call "the Cardinal Points" on the stretching compass: we call forward North, sideways East and West, and so on. Many schools of bodywork favour the cardinal points for aesthetic and historical reasons, but we have found that exploring all the points in between can have huge benefits.

If you like this exercise, please share it with your friends; it all helps to keep us ticking along.

If you have a question, or want to talk to like-minded people, our forums can be accessed here:

http://www.kitlaughlin.com/forums/.  Membership is free; all you need is a real email address..

#hipmobility #stretchtherapy #hamstrings #adductors #quadriceps #ITB #TFL #stretchtherapy #kitlaughlin

============
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - variations for the more flexible students
00:44 - using one leg to stretch the other
02:55 - moving to the second side
03:30 - pulses or micro-movements added
04:15 - using the sequence to explore the body