I recently received a question from Kylie,  a fellow Pilates teacher, regarding snapping hip syndrome and what to do to make it go away during exercise.

Here are her comments and question:

“I have some very hip flexor dominant students that suffer from hip click in quite a few of the Pilates exercises, big one being Leg Circles and virtually anytime they extend their legs out away from the body.  I cue to bring balance with the antagonist muscles (tva and Glutes) but am still having issues.  Could you guide me in helping these people a little more effectively?  (I do ask them to stretch with a lunge prior to class, and even do a recumbent jazz attitude movement before leg circles.)  So is there something I am not seeing or doing?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.”

I then dove into a folder on my computer to find an article in hiding that I had written, but never posted on my blog – think I may have posted in on a Podiatry forum where I read a clicking hip question!  Interesting to me that Podiatrists are also dealing with this issue with their patients.  It doesn’t do anybody any good for me to keep things a secret!  So I hope that for those of you out there challenged with clicking hips – you will find some of this information useful.  Please let me know how it goes with teaching or doing Pilates exercises and using this info to get out of the hip click!

Here are my thoughts: