6 Exercises to Relax Your Psoas
The psoas is an important hip flexor muscle that allow your leg to move forward. We often think of the psoas as a weak and/or tight muscle, so we stretch and strengthen it with hip flexion-based exercises. However, what if we thought differently about the psoas? What if we saw the psoas as an overused muscle that just needs to relax and get some support? Below, we will go over some exercises to do just that!
Stretch of the Week: Final Psoas Stretch
The final week of May is here! How are you doing? How is your back? Make sure you check in with yourself, it helps to create body awareness as you stretch. For the last week of May you will have three options for a psoas stretch. I will be giving beginner, intermediate, and advanced variations for this psoas stretch. If you have a history of low back problems stick with the beginner variation. (more…)
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