Iliopsoas The Source of Such Much Pain

ILIOPOSOAS THE SOURCE OF SO MUCH PAIN

The Iliopsoas is the largest and most powerful muscle of the body. The iliopsoas is the only muscle that attaches the spine to the legs. It is the largest and most powerful of the skeletal muscles. The iliopsoas if not functioning properly can lead to many problems. In most people the problem is that function has been lost in one or both hips due to a dysfunctional iliopsoas. The iliopsoas adapts to our current sedentary lifestyle. Too much sitting in our daily life leads to a shortening of this muscle. More times than not this shortening happens at different rates for the two hips.
While reading this stand up and close your eyes for a moment.,pay attention to the weight being placed on your feet. If you feel like you are heavier on one foot, it is probably because your opposite hip is tighter causing your body to compensate by elevating that hip which makes your body shift to the opposite hip and leg. Now look at your hips while standing in a full length mirror, is the hip that you are not load bearing on higher?

Our goal when working with clients is to evaluate exactly what is going on with the iliopsoas and treat that so that the body can load bear evenly in both hips. Most pain and dysfunction can be traced back to dysfunctional hip flexors that lead the body to compensated movement or lack there of.

MY DAD USED TO SAY, "Your knee hurts? Your shoulder hurts? Your feet and ankles hurt? It is your hips fault." Sounds crazy to most people but, he is exactly right. Fix the iliopsoas and you fix the cause of your pain.

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