Hip abduction is essential for building strong, stable glute muscles to support balance, improve movement efficiency, and help prevent lower-body injuries.

Regardless of whether you're a runner, skier, or climber, you're likely overlooking a key muscle in your training: the gluteus medius. Located within the gluteal muscle group, alongside your gluteus ...

Charlotte Ganderton receives funding from Arthritis Australia, Physiotherapy Research Foundation, Swinburne University of Technology, National Institute of Circus Arts and La Trobe University.

A routine that makes your chair benefit your behind. Long periods of sitting can be your gluteus muscles’ worst enemy – A lack of activation can leave this essential muscle group weak and atrophied, ...

When it comes to strength training, your glutes are an important muscle group to work. Not only can having strong glutes help give you the power you need to run faster, but you’ll prevent injury as ...

The perils of prolonged sitting have been well, established. It can boost your chances of developing everything from heart disease to cancer and diabetes, and can even take years off your life. But ...

2 Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 3 British Journal of Sports Medicine, Centre for Sports Medicine Research and ...

Nov. 13, 2025 – You won't find any support groups for dead butt syndrome, aka gluteal amnesia, sleepy glutes, flabby butt, longback, or, for King of the Hill fans, diminished gluteal syndrome. "They ...

It’s no secret that sitting for long stretches isn’t great for your body. Research has linked it to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, even cancer. But there’s another health risk from sitting all day ...

Background Occupational standing is associated with low back pain (LBP) development. Yet, trunk and gluteus-medius muscles' fatigability has not been extensively studied during occupational standing.

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