Another thing you can do to fix the Psoas (and a whole heap of other issues) is walking lunges. They not only stretch the Psoas but also strengthen it, lunges also rebalance the hips when muscles in the area are out of balance. There’s a Men’s fitness model guy named Craig Gregory and he’s a big proponent for daily 400m walking lunges (if you can’t go outdoors, do reverse lunges on the spot for 15 minutes) he does them for general fitness, wellbeing, fat loss etc it’s the only lower body exercise I do these days, helped heal my knee, a click in my hip, really increased my hip flexibility, weight loss, posture, core etc, after a while you’d be surprised at how athletically explosive you are cause walking lunges simulate an athletic position over and over. The great thing about them is you can take your time, go fast, go slow, just don’t stop for 15 min (obviously work o to it).
Lunges are crazy good. I really based my training on them for about 5 weeks. I started to feel like i am flying while walking. But they are not fancy so people dont talk about them.
The art on this channel is seriously so illuminating, it’s always perfectly demonstrating what you’re saying and having the imagery really helps it stick in my brain, thank you
@@SoulDelSol Just the position of the hand. The regular curl you grab the bar with palms up and in a reverse curl you grab it with palms down. The psoas attaches to the inner thigh so I had to show it with a palm down grip in order for a hand to get ahold of the inner thigh.
The visualisations you make for these videos are incredibly powerful, they really change my perspective on how my muscles function to the point where in some cases, it feels like by using this visualisation while activating the muscle, I'm actually 100% using it for the first time in my life, just because I'm trying a range of motion that didn't occur to me that the muscle could do.
It's always been the same for me. Creative and informed infographic material always helped my mind interface with my body better. A lot of people exercise without ever even realizing they have a poor mind to body connection and far less control than they should have. I'm glad you're enjoying the content!
I’ve had some structural integration and trigger point massage that did a number on me and really got me in a good place. Some of that stuff gets hand waved away and I think there’s some real gold there.
You've combined so many of my interests (art, anatomy, biomechanics, Chinese martial arts, yoga) into one video while also teaching me how to tame my hip issues. This channel is the best, thank you!
TRUTH. This video is the shizz... those animations should have been in play for every demonstration video, ever. Like WTF, it takes until 2024 for someone to finally implement such an ingenious feature?!
One of my favorite channels. Not only do I love the info but I also love how y’all draw everything out and give more depth. I find it more intriguing and easier to understand. And there’s really no one else with this kind of style
that walk with your hips first tip just changed everything for me!!! I instantly noticed the difference. I was a bodybuilder previously and it's been very hard ot break the rigidness I grew used to from being too big and not flexible enough as well as the movements we use are typically more rigid than yoga type movements.Glad I've left that part of my life behind but it taught me a lot!
Glad it helped out! Weight lifting, as helpful as it can be, is often terrible for healthy movement. Bodybuilding especially seems to be the healthy movement killer. Though I have seen a lot of people trying to create forms of functional bodybuilding that take care of the problem. Guess we'll see if it works out.
Barbell training stiffens up my movements, too. Many people related barbell weight training to injury prevention via strength. While i get stronger, the stiffness makes me more injury prone as my mobility slowly becomes arrested. For mechanical health, there's no replacement for a lot of random, variable, natural movements such as sensible physical labor. Necessary range of motion beats unnecessary strength at the cost of range of motion, no question.
@@brandonwood3442 I have "settled down" into FDNY Board Certified Total Disability so, yeah, just getting back and forth from the toilet is plenty of "gym" for me even after years of Physical Therapy and Orthopedic Chiropractic sessions too that I was later told would not have "cured" me anyhow.
I suffered from low back fatigue, tightness, soreness, aches, muscle spasms, the whole nine for years. I bought an inversion table and began using that regularly. I saw 2 or 3 different chiropractors over a period of years as well. All gave me partial or temporary relief here and there but the problem never fully went away. A few months ago (maybe 3) I began floor sleeping every night. This has COMPLETELY solved my problem 100%. While it’s by no means a perfect solution as my wife sleeps on the bed, it has been life changing for me as my chronic back problems are gone If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a try. It will take a few nights to become accustomed to the hard floor but you’ll quickly get used to it
I move around a lot while sleeping. I start on my side to fall asleep but later end up on my stomach. Stomach sleeping on a mattress causes problems for my lower back. However stomach sleeping on the floor does not cause any ill effects or pain or etc and I can’t believe it took me this long to figure it out. Just my own experience though.
I also sleep on my stomach and whenever I start feeling these pains my solution is to sleep on the floor. I recently tried getting a new mattress that is medium firmness and it helped a bit but I think I probably need a mattress that is extra firm. So to anyone with a similar experience who wants to still sleep on a mattress, maybe try an extra firm mattress if your spouse is cool with it.
I had constant lower back issues for decades. Tried the same things as you. 3.5 years ago I got my hands on some thc edibles and they helped me too feel my body. I discovered that my psoas was tight on one side. I started stretching them with a lunge while also rapidly flexing the same side glute. I got some immediate relief and after daily stretching for a few weeks my back pain and tightness receded to almost zero. I think tight muscles might be a cause of disk degeneration.
awesome channel, animations are so cool i was having real bad lumbar pain and tightness, started to stretch on my own two months ago in a yoga-like way, and have been getting some relief. after seeing this channel, i'm nearly 100% positive it's a psoas tightness problem, and am excited to better target it with these recommendations
This video is insanely slick, well animated and explained. I royally screwed my left psoas when I was about 7 years old. I heard a loud pop and spasms of pain for the next few days meaning I was unable to walk. It was only about 10 years later I went to see a specialist and they told me I had a large amount of scar tissue around my psoas, and that my injury had also ruined my other psoas as my body had tried to compensate. To this day, any hip exercise is pretty unpleasant and my hips grind whenever I do them. I have to pop my hips several times per day to release tension. I do find runner's stretch helps a lot, along with a good amount of yoga!
The visual graphics and art really increased my understanding of the different functions of the muscles and the great references to other techniques and traditions is a fantastic way of building a holistic understanding and outlook on the body, excellent video!
this is actually such a life saver. I have scoliosis that just randomly developed, hip pain, and as a result due to being a baseball player elbow pain. Im hoping this can help me because all of these issues were so sudden and its been a battle to get through them.
Usually this creeps in over time and once a hiked hip gets about half an inch above the other side or the functional scoliosis starts to get around 10 degrees of curve, the symptoms start up quickly. Releasing the psoas will help a lot, but if it's been going on awhile you will probably have other muscles that are out of whack as well. The next most important after the psoas is usually the glute medius. It's usually really weak on the high side of the pelvis and really tight on the low side. Give it a shot and let me know if it helps out.
Wow, thank you for this video. I have had problem with my lower back forever. I had things that helped but for the first time I think I understand it. I have watched so many videos about lower back pain, fitness, working out etc and this is the first time I have ever heard anyone even mention the Psoas.
Holy shit. I think you finally put a face and name to what I've been dealing with for 4 years now. I had a series of bad accidents combined with overuse/overstress doing landscaping for nearly 10 yrs. I messed up my hips so damn bad that i could literally barely walk. Now that its year 3 of me not doing outdoor labor anymore obviously the body has healed to a degree but the pain areas, as well as the release areas, and the stretches? I really did a number on this muscle group (amoung others). Its amazing to finally put a name to whats arguably been a life changing experience for me.
Psoas problems can persist for years without intervention, and the longer they go one the more muscles and joints they begin to pull into dysfunction. I hope this helps out. Best of luck with your recovery and let me know if you have any questions.
I have had every symptom listed and started sitting on a yoga ball which was helpful but I'm looking fwd to implementing everything in this video thank you.
Highly unlikely. Entropy entails that the entirety of the universe slowly falls apart. This channel and all you know of will end up in void and utter emptiness. Even light and time will end👍
Look into healing frequencys. I survived a 130 mph rollover. Did lots of physical therapy, then got MS and decided to try things I had heard about. I've had great results with just youtube crystal singing bowl videos.
Don't do what the commentator above me said they're a complete imbecile. The only thing you need to do is get moving again, slow steps at a time never overdoing it. Lots of physio, building up until hopefully you can do resistance training
I use a lot of your videos to teach my joes about physical fitness. Your simple, to the point but also illustrative videos have improved my teams fitness scores.
2 more exercises that can help strengthen and better connect to the psoas are... 1. Walking lunges but with the intention of dragging the back leg, put a slider under your foot and as you stand pull the back leg back towards you. 2. Sandbags carries. Hugging a sandbags against your abs is a great way to create the right tension for proper walking mechanics and work the psoas
I’m impressed. This was a lot clearer than some explanations I’ve heard. I’ve been working on getting rid of pain in this area, and have made progress with my trainer and videos like this one. Thanks!
These videos cut through the enormity of crap out there - they're informative, clear, and very useful. It took me years to discover my psoas was the source of my lumbar issues, and so many PTs and osteopaths told me to stretch rather than strengthen. I wish I'd seen this video years ago. Might I be able to request a video on the lower traps - another area, which is little understood and is important in modern day posture. Also the soleus would be great! Thanks again
Glad it was helpful! And thank you for the suggestions. Soleus and lower traps are certainly among the more dysfunctional muscles I often see. Might just do a video on common issues of the scapula and toss pec minor and the rotator cuff muscles in with the lower traps.
The explanation, drawing, information, tips and examples in this video is brilliant. Refreshing to see content like this. Completely forgot about this muscle.
Thanks! Your videos are outstanding. I learn so much and there's so much solid information that I have to watch them two or three times and even take notes to absorb it all. Thanks again.
Thank you for these amazingly styled videos. Very creative and great artwork. As a LMT and muscle nerd, these videos are very informative and entertaining.
As a female this seems to be an issue we deal with a lot! It causes terrible cramps. For a long time I thought it was digestive or cramps. Releasing the psoas resloves this issue for me 90% of the time. I wish I knew about it sooner. As usual, great content and such a pleasure to watch the drawings
It sucks how fragile people can be. Someone could be perfectly healthy but just walk or stand incorrectly their whole life and it causes a problem later on.
@AaronYeomans-u2r you can have good posture and your feet can still do a lot of damage to the rest of the body..and what's the proper posture for walking?
I just think functional activity is so inspiring, actually...like this gives me so much hope for us to actually live better longer...look up how to fix these issues...squat university for example...it's wonderful! Chiropractic and physical therapy can be amazing!
Just made a similar comment. You’re so right. I just started doing them about a month ago and I feel great (and exhausted) after doing them. My hips and core feel completely balanced out and limber when I’m done as well.
@@daveschnee9249 first go see a good coach who can teach you the right technique ( hardstyle swing). Once you mastered that look into the " greasing the groove princeple ".
extremely useful information. In Bagua ("air bending") the circle walking, mud walking, has a lot of emphasis on walking with the hips, or as I like to call it core walking. Running or walking with a bowl or cup of water sort of naturally forces this correct way of walking, a sort of lifting and pushing/reaching out with the hip, and then gripping and pulling with the feet. It is a system of moving while being ungrounded, light footed, you gyroscopically separate the upper and lower halves of the body at the hip, a waitress would probably be familiar with the sensation. The goal like most Chinese marital arts is to let go the anticipation of making contact, that is all anticipation involved, such as ground elevation, level, and what may or may not be on it. No anticipation of what may be there combined with no commitment with transferring body weight until solid ground is found. With the lower body you pull then push everything along as fluidly forward as you can, mitigating as much up and down motion as you can. With the upper body everything above the hip being lightly pulled up by the "head" (spine really) into proper position. When you are fluidly moving forward with minimum bouncing you will have superior momentum. When you cross slipping hazards of any sort, any downward momentum you have has a chance to be dispersed into any direction the most dangerous of which would be left and right. However with the forward focused smooth core walking, you mostly have forward momentum and forward momentum will only continue going forward when you slip and this type of slipping is so much safer and easier to deal with....I guess I ranted.
So I had a whole list of issues with my body, tight cracking hips, right hip impingement, lower back stiffness and pain, and knee pain when squating. Very tight shoulders and traps and mild pain. Golfers and tennis elbow in both arms plus much more. I recently tried a psoas strengthening routine from UA-cam channel Iamlonggevity, and it has completely changed more body. My shoulders feel so good now. My lowerback feels great. Im waking up in the morning with a spring in my step. elbows feel great now. It's honestly been a revaluation. I've been dealing with these issues for a decade and all i had to do was some psaoa work. The routine is very different from what you prescribe, though, and one exercise in particular i feel did it for me is one where you are in push up position and do donkey kick backs with straight legs on an angle. It works the back of the psoas.
I could cry. This is the first time I have ever felt release from scoliosis because of this video. Even with 4000 of treatment. Thank you so much I am forever grateful.
Love the illustrations, great video. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 I’ve avoided lots of psoas strengthening exercises for many years because I have hip snapping and pain when I do them. I didn’t realize that was abnormal 😂 until UA-cam videos clued me in recently. I have lots of work to do… I’m just focusing on core stabilization for now, gradually working towards gentle hip flexor work. It’s pretty messed up.
Usually means the pelvis is out of position when you're doing the exercises. Could be falling into some anterior pelvic tilt or the psoas may just be really tight. Hope you get it worked out, good luck
It's really common in boxing to get one psoas stronger than the other because you are always swinging from one stance. Add this to the hunched forward fighting posture and it often spells disaster for the S.I. joint in the lower back. A routine psoas release and some glute and low back strength work often do the trick though. Also, hitting the heavy bag from the opposite stance for a hand full of rounds per practice can help even out the psoas'.
@@moversodysseyThis reminds me of a quip by Paul Chek going way back to when he coached boxers, that the glutes should be smoked (as the driver) in sparring, etc.
@@nathanielpatterson6963 This can actually change depending on your particular punch mechanics, though more often than not, for an orthodox fighter it's the right psoas along with the right oblique. A psoas release on your right side and a good stretch for your right oblique can help alot. If you want to be sure you can do a google image search of the ASIS of the pelvis. Its the bony nobs on the front of your hips. If you stand in front of a mirror and put your index fingers on either side you can see if one is higher than the other. The one thats higher usually has a more chronic psoas issue. Though you would still want to release the other side from time to time as well.
@@Condition_ONE He is 100 percent correct. There are other ways to generate power and easier ways to move in a boxing stance when you have tight hip flexors. But none of them have the potential of glute centered movement. Fixing the hips and glutes and learning to move and punch from the glutes will pay off huge in the long run. The guys that learn this always have great stamina and lights out power that looks effortless. Like when you see a guy knock someone out with a small rabbit punch instead of swinging for the fences.
Great information with excellent anatomical artwork! I needed this info. on the psoas. At times I lean slightly to the left and probably have a tight psoas.
Bro the arms of the spine illustration is equally genius and unsettling
Yeah that was 1980’s practical effects horror level unsettling
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Perfect comment
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Another thing you can do to fix the Psoas (and a whole heap of other issues) is walking lunges. They not only stretch the Psoas but also strengthen it, lunges also rebalance the hips when muscles in the area are out of balance. There’s a Men’s fitness model guy named Craig Gregory and he’s a big proponent for daily 400m walking lunges (if you can’t go outdoors, do reverse lunges on the spot for 15 minutes) he does them for general fitness, wellbeing, fat loss etc it’s the only lower body exercise I do these days, helped heal my knee, a click in my hip, really increased my hip flexibility, weight loss, posture, core etc, after a while you’d be surprised at how athletically explosive you are cause walking lunges simulate an athletic position over and over. The great thing about them is you can take your time, go fast, go slow, just don’t stop for 15 min (obviously work o to it).
Good to know!
Lunges are crazy good. I really based my training on them for about 5 weeks. I started to feel like i am flying while walking. But they are not fancy so people dont talk about them.
I find them better than squats for building muscle too.
Would reverse lunges work or it has to be walking forward?
@@NaruteetheFodderPianist first comment said that u can do reverse lunges for 15 min
You’re the best, man! 💪🏻💪🏻
You're pretty good also...
Wassup Bioneer!
Wow, look who is here! Watched some of your videos earlier today :)
How's your back doing bro?
Damn bioneer out here too?
Psoas I was saying -
Psoas to not leave you confused.
ROFLMAO😂
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Lol
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Did I just find the best muscle anatomy channel on youtube?
yes
Indeed you have.
wow, just got it in my recommended ... indeed excellent
I'm also rly impressed with the detail, great work
I think so
The art on this channel is seriously so illuminating, it’s always perfectly demonstrating what you’re saying and having the imagery really helps it stick in my brain, thank you
I love the art
The whole package is 10/10 Im impressed.
that reverse curl analogy was amazing and really helped my understanding
Glad it helped out! It was how I had to imagine in in the beginning to really start engaging my psoas during hip flexion.
Why is it a reverse curl and not just a curl? What do mean by reverse curl
@@SoulDelSol Just the position of the hand. The regular curl you grab the bar with palms up and in a reverse curl you grab it with palms down. The psoas attaches to the inner thigh so I had to show it with a palm down grip in order for a hand to get ahold of the inner thigh.
Was thinking the same, haha
I have severe injuries to this muscle and have been trying to rehabilitate it forever. It’s not this simple
The art in this video is fucking phenominal
Ong
The visualisations you make for these videos are incredibly powerful, they really change my perspective on how my muscles function to the point where in some cases, it feels like by using this visualisation while activating the muscle, I'm actually 100% using it for the first time in my life, just because I'm trying a range of motion that didn't occur to me that the muscle could do.
It's always been the same for me. Creative and informed infographic material always helped my mind interface with my body better. A lot of people exercise without ever even realizing they have a poor mind to body connection and far less control than they should have. I'm glad you're enjoying the content!
I've been having pain in this area of my body for the longest time without being able to identify why. Thank you so much my friend.
Glad it helped!
Your mention of the psoas-diaphragm connection was the most incredible AHA experience I had since years ago! THANK. YOU. SO. MUCH. for this video!!!
I hope it helps out! The hip hike posture gets even more in depth, but in my experience the psoas is the most important element.
I’ve had some structural integration and trigger point massage that did a number on me and really got me in a good place. Some of that stuff gets hand waved away and I think there’s some real gold there.
You've combined so many of my interests (art, anatomy, biomechanics, Chinese martial arts, yoga) into one video while also teaching me how to tame my hip issues. This channel is the best, thank you!
This is next level, in terms of both art and articulation of concept. Excellent job, I'm happy to share this
Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for sharing!
TRUTH. This video is the shizz... those animations should have been in play for every demonstration video, ever. Like WTF, it takes until 2024 for someone to finally implement such an ingenious feature?!
This video was insanely, mind-blowingly good. Thank you
One of my favorite channels. Not only do I love the info but I also love how y’all draw everything out and give more depth. I find it more intriguing and easier to understand. And there’s really no one else with this kind of style
I'm so impressed with the illustrations. they convey so much more information than just saying it. the detail is so very appreciated.
that walk with your hips first tip just changed everything for me!!! I instantly noticed the difference. I was a bodybuilder previously and it's been very hard ot break the rigidness I grew used to from being too big and not flexible enough as well as the movements we use are typically more rigid than yoga type movements.Glad I've left that part of my life behind but it taught me a lot!
Glad it helped out! Weight lifting, as helpful as it can be, is often terrible for healthy movement. Bodybuilding especially seems to be the healthy movement killer. Though I have seen a lot of people trying to create forms of functional bodybuilding that take care of the problem. Guess we'll see if it works out.
Barbell training stiffens up my movements, too. Many people related barbell weight training to injury prevention via strength. While i get stronger, the stiffness makes me more injury prone as my mobility slowly becomes arrested.
For mechanical health, there's no replacement for a lot of random, variable, natural movements such as sensible physical labor.
Necessary range of motion beats unnecessary strength at the cost of range of motion, no question.
The incremental art layering is so satisfying and aesthetically pleasing.
Thank you.
This video is beautiful and (more importantly) has answered everything I needed to know about my hip / lower back discomfort.
Man I love these videos. They really make you realise what a miracle the human body is (and all the ways I've been letting mine down) 😂
Miracle? No, not in this cursed Life. It's a diseased DISASTER if you were paying attention.
@@squirelova1815lol what
@HiCARTIER "Work" is what finished me and it was like, REAL Work, not office cubicle "work".
@@squirelova1815settle down and go to the gym
@@brandonwood3442 I have "settled down" into FDNY Board Certified Total Disability so, yeah, just getting back and forth from the toilet is plenty of "gym" for me even after years of Physical Therapy and Orthopedic Chiropractic sessions too that I was later told would not have "cured" me anyhow.
I suffered from low back fatigue, tightness, soreness, aches, muscle spasms, the whole nine for years. I bought an inversion table and began using that regularly. I saw 2 or 3 different chiropractors over a period of years as well. All gave me partial or temporary relief here and there but the problem never fully went away.
A few months ago (maybe 3) I began floor sleeping every night. This has COMPLETELY solved my problem 100%. While it’s by no means a perfect solution as my wife sleeps on the bed, it has been life changing for me as my chronic back problems are gone
If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a try. It will take a few nights to become accustomed to the hard floor but you’ll quickly get used to it
Side lying or back?
I move around a lot while sleeping. I start on my side to fall asleep but later end up on my stomach. Stomach sleeping on a mattress causes problems for my lower back. However stomach sleeping on the floor does not cause any ill effects or pain or etc and I can’t believe it took me this long to figure it out. Just my own experience though.
I also sleep on my stomach and whenever I start feeling these pains my solution is to sleep on the floor. I recently tried getting a new mattress that is medium firmness and it helped a bit but I think I probably need a mattress that is extra firm. So to anyone with a similar experience who wants to still sleep on a mattress, maybe try an extra firm mattress if your spouse is cool with it.
I had constant lower back issues for decades. Tried the same things as you. 3.5 years ago I got my hands on some thc edibles and they helped me too feel my body. I discovered that my psoas was tight on one side. I started stretching them with a lunge while also rapidly flexing the same side glute. I got some immediate relief and after daily stretching for a few weeks my back pain and tightness receded to almost zero. I think tight muscles might be a cause of disk degeneration.
awesome channel, animations are so cool
i was having real bad lumbar pain and tightness, started to stretch on my own two months ago in a yoga-like way, and have been getting some relief. after seeing this channel, i'm nearly 100% positive it's a psoas tightness problem, and am excited to better target it with these recommendations
Glad it helped out, good luck with your training!
I´m so glad I randomly came across this channel. Amazing work!
SUBSCRIBED :)
I love the examples from yoga and Chinese martial arts. So interesting to see them side by side.
Literally the best educational video I’ve ever seen in my life!
This video illuminates a lot of tips that I've heard before, such as when walking to "lead with your hips." Very useful info here! Thanks!!
This video is insanely slick, well animated and explained. I royally screwed my left psoas when I was about 7 years old. I heard a loud pop and spasms of pain for the next few days meaning I was unable to walk. It was only about 10 years later I went to see a specialist and they told me I had a large amount of scar tissue around my psoas, and that my injury had also ruined my other psoas as my body had tried to compensate.
To this day, any hip exercise is pretty unpleasant and my hips grind whenever I do them. I have to pop my hips several times per day to release tension. I do find runner's stretch helps a lot, along with a good amount of yoga!
Appreciate your videos man, learning about different exercises I didn't know about that can actually help longevity in the way too. Thanks 🙏🏿
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying the content!
I just stumbled on your channel today, I’m so excited to try this out, get rid of some of this pain!
Please make a video on upper back and posture correction.
The world needs it🙏
I think athleanx covered that a while back in the anterior pelvic tilt video.
The visual graphics and art really increased my understanding of the different functions of the muscles and the great references to other techniques and traditions is a fantastic way of building a holistic understanding and outlook on the body, excellent video!
this is actually such a life saver. I have scoliosis that just randomly developed, hip pain, and as a result due to being a baseball player elbow pain. Im hoping this can help me because all of these issues were so sudden and its been a battle to get through them.
Usually this creeps in over time and once a hiked hip gets about half an inch above the other side or the functional scoliosis starts to get around 10 degrees of curve, the symptoms start up quickly. Releasing the psoas will help a lot, but if it's been going on awhile you will probably have other muscles that are out of whack as well. The next most important after the psoas is usually the glute medius. It's usually really weak on the high side of the pelvis and really tight on the low side. Give it a shot and let me know if it helps out.
Wow, thank you for this video. I have had problem with my lower back forever. I had things that helped but for the first time I think I understand it. I have watched so many videos about lower back pain, fitness, working out etc and this is the first time I have ever heard anyone even mention the Psoas.
Thats crazy. It's not the only muscle that contributes to back pain, but it's so common and I can't understand why no one mentions it.
Thank you for making this content! I have severe back pain that has troubled me for years!
Hope it helps, best of luck!
Holy shit. I think you finally put a face and name to what I've been dealing with for 4 years now. I had a series of bad accidents combined with overuse/overstress doing landscaping for nearly 10 yrs. I messed up my hips so damn bad that i could literally barely walk. Now that its year 3 of me not doing outdoor labor anymore obviously the body has healed to a degree but the pain areas, as well as the release areas, and the stretches? I really did a number on this muscle group (amoung others). Its amazing to finally put a name to whats arguably been a life changing experience for me.
Psoas problems can persist for years without intervention, and the longer they go one the more muscles and joints they begin to pull into dysfunction. I hope this helps out. Best of luck with your recovery and let me know if you have any questions.
I have had every symptom listed and started sitting on a yoga ball which was helpful but I'm looking fwd to implementing everything in this video thank you.
Love the "psoas as arms" analogy! Great video, and brilliant illustrations as always.
A couple of your videos helped me put my mind to making a change. Thank you bro
I'm glad you found some value in the content, it makes all the effort worth it when I know it's helping.
Probably my favorite channel on UA-cam. Please NEVER stop making content
Highly unlikely. Entropy entails that the entirety of the universe slowly falls apart. This channel and all you know of will end up in void and utter emptiness. Even light and time will end👍
@@jonber9411 Then what happens? 🤣
@@hareeba5879 There will be no 'Then'
Time ends. 'Then' is a reference to time 👌
@@jonber9411 Thanks for the correction .
I'm recovering from being in a coma. Everything fkng hurts. I'm so glad I found this video and channel. Subbed for sure!
Look into healing frequencys. I survived a 130 mph rollover. Did lots of physical therapy, then got MS and decided to try things I had heard about. I've had great results with just youtube crystal singing bowl videos.
@@marcussmart3275 Thanks, I'll look it up. If life has taught me anything, it's that everything deserves a try if there's nothing to lose.
Don't do what the commentator above me said they're a complete imbecile. The only thing you need to do is get moving again, slow steps at a time never overdoing it. Lots of physio, building up until hopefully you can do resistance training
@@Misterskillzz7or do both? No need to discredit the guy
these animations are so well done this channel's content is beautiful
another piece of the puzzle. thanks, brother.
I use a lot of your videos to teach my joes about physical fitness. Your simple, to the point but also illustrative videos have improved my teams fitness scores.
That's awesome to hear, I'm humbled you find that much use in the videos. I'll keep in mind I have military watching when I make future videos.
2 more exercises that can help strengthen and better connect to the psoas are...
1. Walking lunges but with the intention of dragging the back leg, put a slider under your foot and as you stand pull the back leg back towards you.
2. Sandbags carries. Hugging a sandbags against your abs is a great way to create the right tension for proper walking mechanics and work the psoas
These are great exercises. Sliding lunges destroyed me the first time I tried them, but it exposed some mobility and strength problems for sure.
@@moversodysseyhow did you know I needed this my hip started hurting last week thank you🙏🏿🙏🏿
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@@moversodyssey Synchronicity back at it again.
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I’m impressed. This was a lot clearer than some explanations I’ve heard. I’ve been working on getting rid of pain in this area, and have made progress with my trainer and videos like this one. Thanks!
Top notch content as always man, thank you! Will insert some of those exercises into my APT recovery routine.
Your art, articulation makes visual thinking the muscles so easily. Fabulous work thank you!!
I'm glad it helps out, thanks for the comment!
The best explanation for psoas was to make it look like arms doing a curl that was greattttt
This is top notch information presented in a professional manner, and the sketches are amazing. Bravo!
Best video on UA-cams. You hit all of the major points and you really know your psoas
These videos cut through the enormity of crap out there - they're informative, clear, and very useful. It took me years to discover my psoas was the source of my lumbar issues, and so many PTs and osteopaths told me to stretch rather than strengthen. I wish I'd seen this video years ago. Might I be able to request a video on the lower traps - another area, which is little understood and is important in modern day posture. Also the soleus would be great! Thanks again
Glad it was helpful! And thank you for the suggestions. Soleus and lower traps are certainly among the more dysfunctional muscles I often see. Might just do a video on common issues of the scapula and toss pec minor and the rotator cuff muscles in with the lower traps.
Love the anatomy explained and drawn! Amazing work! Thank you so much!
No problem, thanks for the comment!
Thank you, this is the best and most easily understood psoas explanation I have seen.
Goated video. I’ve been doing my research on this for a while. Thank you brother.
The explanation, drawing, information, tips and examples in this video is brilliant. Refreshing to see content like this. Completely forgot about this muscle.
Thanks! Your videos are outstanding. I learn so much and there's so much solid information that I have to watch them two or three times and even take notes to absorb it all. Thanks again.
Glad you're enjoying them! Thanks for commenting!
Thank you for these amazingly styled videos. Very creative and great artwork. As a LMT and muscle nerd, these videos are very informative and entertaining.
As a female this seems to be an issue we deal with a lot! It causes terrible cramps. For a long time I thought it was digestive or cramps. Releasing the psoas resloves this issue for me 90% of the time. I wish I knew about it sooner. As usual, great content and such a pleasure to watch the drawings
How do you rrlease it?
Thanks man my lower back pain this makes a lot of sense now I was wondering why this video popped up had to watch it.
Your videos are dope man…what a way to combine your art and bodywork knowledge
1:10 perfect analogy, took me hours of reading a textbook to get that same insight and you explained it in less than ten seconds.
It sucks how fragile people can be. Someone could be perfectly healthy but just walk or stand incorrectly their whole life and it causes a problem later on.
@AaronYeomans-u2r you can have good posture and your feet can still do a lot of damage to the rest of the body..and what's the proper posture for walking?
By default, not healthy.
I just think functional activity is so inspiring, actually...like this gives me so much hope for us to actually live better longer...look up how to fix these issues...squat university for example...it's wonderful! Chiropractic and physical therapy can be amazing!
@@ashleybryant305 yeah I know what you mean I guess
@@jaydnhughes6947I re-read my message and it came aggressive- I apologise. I was in a rush!
Awesome video on the psoas. One of the more confusing muscles to learn about for me. Learned a lot of new information in this video.
Good job. Thanks for sharing. You could have put more detail into what to do for the psoas, you kind of worked around the issue.
Yea, the video was getting too long towards the end so I tried wrapping it up. Probably a bad section to gloss over though.
Great vid. Liked. Training Psoas and TA is a great way to stay injury free and improve in other movements
Thanks for bringing the content that's so important to overall health!!!
You're awesome 💯🔥
Ditto on those arms gripping the muscles..that was really illuminating what's actually occurring.
Thanks for the psoa releasing tip
The production quality is top notch, thank you
If you squat too heavy you'll have a Psoas.
keep your day job
Ba dum tss
Good thing or bad thing to squat heavy?
sore ass 😧
@@elvistolentino.8047you’ll have a sore ass
I love this video. Will add this to my routine when i get over this muscle strain.
Psoas doing a reverse curl animation just got you a subscriber. What an ingenious way to describe the function of this muscle. 👍👍
That part gave me attack on titan vibes
Superb presentations. Appreciate your time and energy on these, my friend.
Thank you kindly!
I just tried the couch stretch and i can actually feel it! Tysm!❤
Glad it helped out!
Was a back patient for a decade. Kettlebellswings made my back the strongest part of my body
Just made a similar comment. You’re so right. I just started doing them about a month ago and I feel great (and exhausted) after doing them. My hips and core feel completely balanced out and limber when I’m done as well.
😮Could you tell me details or a link? Like how long how often how heavy
@@daveschnee9249 Dude, just look up kettlebell swings on youtube with your desired specifics. It's not that hard.
@@daveschnee9249 first go see a good coach who can teach you the right technique ( hardstyle swing). Once you mastered that look into the " greasing the groove princeple ".
extremely useful information. In Bagua ("air bending") the circle walking, mud walking, has a lot of emphasis on walking with the hips, or as I like to call it core walking. Running or walking with a bowl or cup of water sort of naturally forces this correct way of walking, a sort of lifting and pushing/reaching out with the hip, and then gripping and pulling with the feet. It is a system of moving while being ungrounded, light footed, you gyroscopically separate the upper and lower halves of the body at the hip, a waitress would probably be familiar with the sensation. The goal like most Chinese marital arts is to let go the anticipation of making contact, that is all anticipation involved, such as ground elevation, level, and what may or may not be on it. No anticipation of what may be there combined with no commitment with transferring body weight until solid ground is found. With the lower body you pull then push everything along as fluidly forward as you can, mitigating as much up and down motion as you can. With the upper body everything above the hip being lightly pulled up by the "head" (spine really) into proper position. When you are fluidly moving forward with minimum bouncing you will have superior momentum. When you cross slipping hazards of any sort, any downward momentum you have has a chance to be dispersed into any direction the most dangerous of which would be left and right. However with the forward focused smooth core walking, you mostly have forward momentum and forward momentum will only continue going forward when you slip and this type of slipping is so much safer and easier to deal with....I guess I ranted.
Literally the video I needed to see
Awesome video. My psoas has been suffering from my desk job and I just finished a tai chi class that really improved my muscle awareness.
I feel people like this man need to start teaching in medical universities
Istg such a wonderful explanation !!
So true! The world need better teachers
So I had a whole list of issues with my body, tight cracking hips, right hip impingement, lower back stiffness and pain, and knee pain when squating. Very tight shoulders and traps and mild pain. Golfers and tennis elbow in both arms plus much more. I recently tried a psoas strengthening routine from UA-cam channel Iamlonggevity, and it has completely changed more body. My shoulders feel so good now. My lowerback feels great. Im waking up in the morning with a spring in my step. elbows feel great now. It's honestly been a revaluation. I've been dealing with these issues for a decade and all i had to do was some psaoa work. The routine is very different from what you prescribe, though, and one exercise in particular i feel did it for me is one where you are in push up position and do donkey kick backs with straight legs on an angle. It works the back of the psoas.
This channel is phenomenal
Thank you I’ve had these issues and never knew what they came from! Walking Lunges here I come.
Need more of your content, bro. Seriously
Great explanation, quite comprehensive and easy to absorb. And fantastic graphics !!! Thank you 🙏
Feel like I just got a peek into the galaxy of physical development…I love when learning something knew makes me feel like I never knew anything lol
Lol. Learning can legitimately become an addiction. It's one of the few natural dopamine hits the human organism was designed to have.
The graphics and drawings on your videos are so cool! Kudos to the artist
Thank you, Glad you're enjoying them!
this video deserves over a billion of views
I could cry. This is the first time I have ever felt release from scoliosis because of this video. Even with 4000 of treatment. Thank you so much I am forever grateful.
Very awesome video. Detailed and cool drawings
Love the illustrations, great video. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 I’ve avoided lots of psoas strengthening exercises for many years because I have hip snapping and pain when I do them. I didn’t realize that was abnormal 😂 until UA-cam videos clued me in recently. I have lots of work to do… I’m just focusing on core stabilization for now, gradually working towards gentle hip flexor work. It’s pretty messed up.
Usually means the pelvis is out of position when you're doing the exercises. Could be falling into some anterior pelvic tilt or the psoas may just be really tight. Hope you get it worked out, good luck
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Thank you for another amazing video
This is the coolest video I've ever seen! The pictures, music, voice.. fantastic
Excellent, the graphics are so helpful. Thanks a lot.
This video is perfect. Illustrations in film are spot on.
Thanks
Thanks for the video ❤
Glad you're enjoying it!
Great video. Currently dealing with a psoas strain.
This is exactly the problem I'm dealing with and I haven't heard it described more clearly. This has been hindering my boxing training!
It's really common in boxing to get one psoas stronger than the other because you are always swinging from one stance. Add this to the hunched forward fighting posture and it often spells disaster for the S.I. joint in the lower back. A routine psoas release and some glute and low back strength work often do the trick though. Also, hitting the heavy bag from the opposite stance for a hand full of rounds per practice can help even out the psoas'.
@@moversodyssey How can I tell which side is stronger? I fight out of orthodox. Thank you for the advice. I will add this to my daily routine.
@@moversodysseyThis reminds me of a quip by Paul Chek going way back to when he coached boxers, that the glutes should be smoked (as the driver) in sparring, etc.
@@nathanielpatterson6963 This can actually change depending on your particular punch mechanics, though more often than not, for an orthodox fighter it's the right psoas along with the right oblique. A psoas release on your right side and a good stretch for your right oblique can help alot.
If you want to be sure you can do a google image search of the ASIS of the pelvis. Its the bony nobs on the front of your hips. If you stand in front of a mirror and put your index fingers on either side you can see if one is higher than the other. The one thats higher usually has a more chronic psoas issue. Though you would still want to release the other side from time to time as well.
@@Condition_ONE He is 100 percent correct. There are other ways to generate power and easier ways to move in a boxing stance when you have tight hip flexors. But none of them have the potential of glute centered movement. Fixing the hips and glutes and learning to move and punch from the glutes will pay off huge in the long run. The guys that learn this always have great stamina and lights out power that looks effortless. Like when you see a guy knock someone out with a small rabbit punch instead of swinging for the fences.
Great information with excellent anatomical artwork! I needed this info. on the psoas. At times I lean slightly to the left and probably have a tight psoas.
Excellent analysis