A properly streched glute not only serves you well in your everyday life but you can fully eliminate your lower-back pain and reduce the risk of injuries.
The gluteus maximus, medius, minimus and the piriformis and obturator muscles are all require a slightly different treatment and streching, but most of these are covered in the following videos:
These 2x2 min basic positions are the best overall.
Top 5 gluteus maximus streches.
Shortest video, using a foam roller
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ank1GUzzxDA (12:15)
For the most committed ones, this is a 10-minute video for relaxing and recovery style glute streching, including most of the relating muscles.
These are my personal selection of the best fitting videos in this topic; feel free to extend your research and share them with us!
Please be aware: streching is not the "warm-up" part of the exercise, but the "cool-off" period. This assumes that you are already warmed up. No dynamic but static movements and positions are applied here.
Enjoy!
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