Cheerleader doing proprioception balance training on a balance board
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The Importance of Motor Control During Hip Extension Skills in Cheerleading, Gymnastics, and Dance

If you’ve been following the Hip Extension Series, you already know hip extension isn’t a solo act. It’s a group performance — core, pelvis, spine, glutes, hip flexors, and the nervous system, all working together. And the system that pulls it all together? Motor control. Motor control is your body’s internal communication network — the…

Hip Flexor Extensibility and Hip Extension: The Iliopsoas Connection in Injury Prevention for Cheer, Dance, and Gymnastics
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Hip Flexor Extensibility and Hip Extension: The Iliopsoas Connection in Injury Prevention for Cheer, Dance, and Gymnastics

If you’ve been following along in our Hip Extension Series, you already know the secret: the body moves best when everything works together — hips, pelvis, and spine, all sharing the load. In “Bend Smarter, Not Harder”, we talked about how safe and powerful hip extension is a team effort. In “Anterior Pelvic Tilt &…