Saturday, April 29, 2017

psoas

Is the psoas HYPER or HYPOtonic

psoas goes from T12 attaches to all the veribrae and disks and goes underneath the pelvis bilaterally. responsible for hip flexing and side bending ( inter-faces with iliacus)

Diagnosis

  • look at tilt of pelvis...anterior or posterior?
  • one knee in and one leg straight in supta pada gustasana---if leg will not go down it is a tight psoas. 
  • more extreme openings in supta eka pada virasana
  • knee drops in flexion with resistance
stretching psoas
  • ajanay/ add side bend
  • supta virasana
  • supported and unsupported backbends
  • thai pulls
  • splits/supported splits on chair sitting or standing
  • cogra with HIPS ON THE GROUND
  • bounds backbends


strengthening

  • chair marching
  • standing marching
  • with weights
  • squats on ball prone/one or two legs
  • knees in blankets on floor (or furniture sliders)

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