"Lumbago" Anyone? Chronic Low Back Pain - Gluteus medius and gluteus maximus cause low back pain in multiple ways. These "glute" muscles include the fleshy and outermost gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus, deepest of the [...]
Chronic Low Back Pain - Psoas Psoas major is your primary hip flexor. It can cause a well defined and excruciating pain pattern. The two psoas muscles and ileacus together are called iliopsoas. Dysfunction on either side will [...]
Chronic Low Back Pain - Quadratus Lumborum (QL) can cause debilitating pain. It is a factor in most chronic low back pain cases. The pattern often radiates downward from the low back into the crest of the hip, [...]
Hip and glute pain isn't glamorous, but many people are living with it every day. Sometimes the pain is deep in the hip, making it difficult to lie on that side. It can also radiate down the leg to [...]
My anatomy teachers taught me that the primary purpose of the Ilio Tibial Band (ITB) was to provide lateral stabilization. However, recent research, including studies from Catherine Eng, summarized in the Harvard Gazette, tells a different story. [...]
