Importance of Strong Glutes: Why You Need Nice Butt?

There are three different gluteal muscles:

• Gluteus Maximus
• Gluteus Medius
• Gluteus Minimus

Together, these muscles are responsible for extension, internal rotation and abduction of the hip.

Here are the importance of strong glutes:

1. Strong Glutes Help Prevent Injuries

Having strong, functional gluteal and hip muscles can help to avoid and recover from the injury in the low back, hips, knees, and ankles by creating proper alignment and stability. Weak glutes can cause an imbalance in the hip, which may lead to excessive medial rotation of the femur and lateral tracking of the patella, thus potentially causing knee pain. Furthermore, weak glutes may also contribute to pulled muscles in your hamstring or groin.

2. Strong Glutes Improve Athletic Performance

Strong glutes are essential in almost every sport, as they are responsible for accelerating, decelerating, changing directions and creating explosive power in jumps. They are also responsible for effective hip extension. This is the reason why you never see any athlete with a flat butt!

3. Strong Glutes Improve Posture

When your glutes, hips, and core are strong and stable, you can avoid pain from injury. When your lower body and pelvis are in alignment, this will also help keep your shoulders, neck, and back in alignment – which gives you a good posture.

If you struggle with any of what we listed here, it may be time to step up your routine and seek for help. In Elevate Physiotherapy. we can provide you a physical assessment to get to the root cause of your problem. Do check out our Instagram page too.