The psoas is a hip flexor connecting from the spine to the femur and lower back. Here are the five best stretches to release the psoas, according to trainers.
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It s no secret that sitting for long stretches isn t great for your body. Research has linked it to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, even cancer. But there s another health risk from sitting all day that most people don t know about: gluteal amnesia, or dead butt syndrome.
It almost sounds like a joke, but it s not uncommon, says Andrew Bang, a chiropractor at the Cleveland Clinic s Wellness Institute: I see the injury all the time in varying degrees.
Dead butt syndrome develops when the gluteus medius one of the three main muscles in the booty stops firing correctly. That can happen if you spend too much time parked in a chair, explains Kristen Schuyten, a physical therapist at Michigan Medicine. But it can also occur in very active individuals who just don t engage the glute muscles enough, she adds.
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6 Stretches for Lower Back Pain Laura Williams Bustos, MS, ACSM EP-C
Lower back pain 101
Low back pain is a beast. And not just because it can make you feel like your body is rebelling against you. Back pain can is a symptom of a problem. To treat the symptom with things like stretches for lower back pain you have to know what the problem is.
This becomes complicated because the cause of low back pain is sometimes hard to pin down. Sometimes it s obvious. You pick up a heavy box without thinking about proper lifting form and bam! you pull a muscle and end up with an acute bout of pain. But other times, the problem is more insidious and unclear.