Taking care of your psoas muscle is important for hip mobility. Here are 3 stretches to help you avoid psoas pain and injury. Share on Pinterest Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images The ...

Full-body stretching is a great way to become more flexible, increase mobility, and decrease pain. While there are a variety of moves that can help address certain issues (like lower back pain), a ...

Low-back pain is plaguing the nation! And if your run, bike, or sit too much, tight hips could be contributing to the ache around your spine. A major hip flexor muscle, the psoas, not only draws the ...

The psoas is a large, powerful muscle that runs from the lower back to the femur (thigh bone). Lunges and other psoas stretches can help relieve tension in the psoas muscle. Share on Pinterest Tony ...

Full-body stretching is a great way to become more flexible, increase mobility, and decrease pain. While there are a variety of moves that can help address certain issues (like lower back pain), a ...

The psoas is a deep hip flexor that connects to the spine and extends down to our femur, says Kristen Lettenberger, DPT, CSCS, physical therapist at Bespoke Treatments. Its main function is to bring ...

The psoas major is the biggest and strongest player in a group of muscles called the hip flexors; together they contract to pull the thigh and the torso toward each other. The hip flexors can become ...

What Is the Psoas Muscle? The psoas (pronounced so-ezz) muscles are two large muscles in your lower back. You have one on either side of your spine. They're the main muscular connection between your ...

When elite ultrarunner Mike Wolfe laced up for a tempo run in June 2009, his right hip flexor felt tender and sore. But nothing out of the ordinary for a runner who, in a weekend, can cover 75 miles ...