The Anterior Pelvic Tilt Solution (SIT HAPPENS!)
Why Physical Fitness Stack Exchange recommends it
Fitness Stack Exchange answerers point people to it when asked about posture problems, anterior pelvic tilt and tight hamstrings, as a practical walkthrough of the stretches and strengthening exercises involved.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2017 to 2018.
What it is
An ATHLEAN-X video in which Jeff Cavaliere explains anterior pelvic tilt as a muscle imbalance caused by chronic sitting. He covers the tight hip flexors and lower back, the weak abs and glutes, and a step-by-step plan of stretches and strengthening work to correct it.
What people said
Strong rec Alec · 2017-04 · Physical Fitness Stack Exchange · on “Really Bad posture now hurting me whats the best solution?”
We can't provide a full life-routine for you to follow, as we'd need to diagnose a lot more than what we can see in the picture, and the paragraph you wrote. But I'll touch on the most immediate pitfall I see, and provide some further learning resources. After that, it's up to you to seek out a qualified physician, or a physical therapist to help you. The anterior pelvic tilt When we sit a lot - and I mean a LOT - our hip flexors [LINK] will do what's called "adaptive shortening". Essentially, they realize that in the seated posture, they don't have much room, and they get sort of squished together, and the react by making themselves shorter to avoid the tension. This causes the anterior pel
Recommends user26155 · 2017-11 · Physical Fitness Stack Exchange · on “Periodic workout routine to fix anterior pelvic tilt?”
APT or lower cross syndrome means that your hip flexors and your lower back are tight and overactive, and that your glutes/hamstring and abs are weak and not active enough. So what you need is ab exercises that don't work your hip flexors (so not crunches and not L-sits), glute exercises that don't work your lower back, and stretching your tight hip flexors and lower back. Glute/hamstring exercises: Squats, deadlifts, stiff legged deadlifts, glute bridges, hip thrusts, weighted hip thrusts, this [this video] Ab exercises that don't work your hip flexors: hollow body holds (your lower back needs to stay in contact with the floor at all times), planks done right [LINK] (with the pelvis in a posteri
Cites Frank · 2018-06 · Physical Fitness Stack Exchange · on “Steel hamstrings”
You may want to get checked for anterior pelvic tilt. If your hip flexors get too short they can pull the front of your pelvis down. In return, this will pull your hamstrings tight. Generally, hamstring strengthening exercises are one of the best things for this, while stretching the hamstrings is the opposite of what you’d want. [this video]