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According
to Trail Guide to
the Body: "The iliacus and psoas major, together called
the iliopsoas, are major hip flexors. The long, slender psoas major
is located deep to the abdominal contents and stretches from the
lumbar vertebrae to the lesser trochanter. The stocky iliacus is
located deep to the abdomen in the iliac fossa."
Sacro
Wedgy® Video
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of the location of these muscles, they are hard to access. This
is where relaxing on the Sacro Wedgy® has great benefit.
With the sacrum in a neutral, elevated position, the hips are
now slightly suspended and free to relax. As the body weight
now has a slight natural traction effect, these muscles stand
a much better chance of relaxing and eventually releasing and
rebalancing. Often when the psoas is too tight and short on
one side it will begin pulling on the spinal column in the lumbar,
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Once
that torquing begins, there will be names given to the symptoms
this tightness creates. A therapist can now access the psoas much
easier by pulsing it from the insertion point or top of the thigh
as opposed to trying to palpate internally. The iliacus and psoas
attach in the same area so stretching one point stretches both muscles.
Gravity will eventually do most of the work by simply allowing the
body to relax.
Although
it is important to relax the tight side of the body it is of equal
importance that the weak side of the body is given even more attention.
For instance if one leg drags forward slower that the other side
and since the psoas is responsible for picking up the leg, that
would be the weaker side and the best way to strengthen it is our
series of isometrics for 2 or 3 weeks. Relax the shorter strong
side, strengthen the longer weak side. The short psoas pulls the
hip higher giving the ilusion of a short leg when it may be a higher
hip. A snowball effect has really been created when one muscle effects
the balance of another.
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