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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