Table 5.

Nonoperative Protocol for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: Exercise Focal Areas and Sample Exercise Progressions^a,^{27,29–31,41,42}

Focal Area (Videos)	Sample Exercise	Progression 1	Progression 2	Progression 3
Posture (Videos 5, 9–11)	Supine anterior and posterior pelvic-floor tilts to achieve neutral pelvic alignment and improve awareness of pelvic tilt	Prone lumbar flexion and extension in a quadruped position to achieve neutral pelvic alignment and improve awareness of pelvic tilt	Series of seated anterior to posterior pelvic-girdle tilt oscillations to achieve neutral pelvic alignment and improve awareness of pelvic tilt (use chair or exercise ball)	Standing anterior to posterior pelvic-girdle tilt oscillations to achieve neutral alignment and awareness of pelvic tilt
Core stabilization (Videos 6, 8, 12–21)	Quadruped bird-dog variations	Plank variations	Dead-bug variations using Watkins-Randall progressions	Seated, kneeling, and standing rotational exercises
Hip strength and motor control (Videos 7, 22–35)	Side-lying open chain hip abduction, such as leg raises or clam shell	Supine hip-extension variations (ie, bridging)	Resisted side stepping with resistance band at various lower extremity locations	Unilateral stepping challenges, such as step-downs and multiplanar lunges
Flexibility and mobility (Videos 36–54)	Static stretching of hip in all 3 planes	Myofascial release of hip using a lacrosse ball or foam roller to target hip muscles in all 3 planes	Hip self-mobilization, such as long-axis distractions or lateral distractions in a nonweightbearing position	Dynamic mobility drills, such as pendulum swings at a wall, internal and external rotation (ie, open and close gate), lunge and reach, and toy soldier

^aNot an all-inclusive exercise list.