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Full-Body Patterns of Tension That Involve the Iliopsoas

Sarah Warren — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:02:57 +0000

Full-Body Patterns of Tension That Involve the Iliopsoas As I mentioned in my first article about the iliopsoas, it's important to understand that chronic tension in a single muscle is never the sole cause of a painful condition, habitual posture, or movement limitation. Every posture we adopt and movement we make involves many muscles [...]

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Why You Can’t Release Your Tight Psoas Muscle With Stretching

Sarah Warren — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:28:24 +0000

Why You Can't Release Your Tight Psoas Muscle With Stretching Your physical therapist, chiropractor, or yoga teacher might have told you that you have a tight psoas muscle, and they may have taught you stretching exercises to release it. While they're probably right—having a tight psoas is a very common problem—static stretching has little [...]

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What’s Causing Your Snapping Hip Syndrome?

Sarah Warren — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 19:38:42 +0000

What's Causing Your Snapping Hip Syndrome? Up to 10% of us experience snapping hip syndrome at some point in our lives. The condition is most often caused by connective tissue snapping over bone as we flex and extend the hip joint. For some people, snapping hip is painless and simply annoying, but for others [...]

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