Legs · Stability Ball
Roll Ball Iliospsoas
How to do the roll ball iliospsoas, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Stability Ball
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Lie face down with a stability ball or massage ball placed below the hip bone, off to the side of the navel where the hip flexor sits deep. Ease your weight onto the ball gradually and breathe to release the iliopsoas, keeping the pressure gentle.
- 1A deep, slow release in the front of the hip
- 2Pressure that softens as you exhale into it
- 3The hip flexor gradually relaxing under the ball
Common mistakes
- Do not press hard on the abdomen; ease in slowly
- Avoid pressing directly on the spine or any pulse
- Do not hold your breath; breathe to let it release
Muscles worked
The roll ball iliospsoas mainly works the hip flexors.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Lower AbsMinor
Kovo programs the roll ball iliospsoas for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More hips & adductors exercises
- How to do the butterfly stretch
- How to do the external rotation
- How to do the cable hip adduction
- How to do the internal rotation
- How to do the cobra pose
- How to do the core scrunch
Last reviewed June 2026.