Frog Bridges
FROG BRIDGE
The Frog Bridge exercise is a modified Glute Bridge / Hip Thruster strengthening exercise that is used to increase muscle engagement of your hip external rotators. You will feel the muscles in your buttock engage as you lift the pelvis off the ground. To set up place your feel together with your knees spread apart at shoulder distance. Knees are bent to 90 degrees. Keep the core braced as you lift the pelvis off the floor to engage your gluteus maximus muscle.
Muscles Involved:
Piriformis
Gluteus Maximus, Posterior Fibers of Gluteus Medius
Obturator Internus, Obturator Externus
Quadratus Femoris
Related Conditions:
Hip OsteoArthritis
Snapping Hip Syndrome
Greater Trochanteric Bursitis / Greater Trochanter Pain Syndrome
Gluteal Tendinopathy
ITB Syndrome
Hip Impingement