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1. Stretch Away Stiffness August 28, 2008 Muscles Worked 1. Gluteus Maximus 2. Gluteus medius hip flexors 3. Psoas Major 4. Illacus How to do it Kneel on all fours on a yoga mat, with wrists under shoulders and knees under hips. Slide your right knee forward until it’s close to your right wrist (your shin will be at a 45 degree angle to the front of your mat), and flex your foot. Extend your left leg behind you, with your toes pointed. Lower hips towards the floor, keeping them level. Walk your hands forward, and lower your torso until you feel tension in the right side of your bum. Rest on your hands or forearm... (read more) Author: Sandra Prior

2. Nice Body Weight Exercises August 05, 2008 Butt muscles comprise of Gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. Gluteus Maximus is the one of the largest and the strongest muscle in your whole body. You build what you focus upon. When doing the recommended Butt building exercises you need to focus and contract your butt muscles as hard as you can. Tensed muscles recruit more muscles fibers helping build more fibers for your next workout. Perform butt-specific exercises and not merely exercises where butt muscles are used as stabilizers. Proper stretching using bodyweight exercises is crucial for any butt-building program.... (read more) Author: Prabakar S

3. Lower back pain| hip extension August 24, 2007 Lower back pain| hip extension Lower back pain caused by S1 nerve root irritation will affect the hip extensor muscles which S1 nerve root so richly supplies. The hip extensor muscles are best tested by having the patient lie facedown. The patient bends the knee and lifts the knee off the surface of the bed. The examiner can test the strength of the gluteus maximus muscle by pushing down on the buttock and thigh toward the bed while the patient resists the hip from moving down. If the patient lifts the hip and thigh off the surface of the bed with the knee straight, this movement is... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

4. Lower back pain | knee pain| knee extension August 24, 2007 Lower back pain | knee pain| knee extension Patients with lower back pain will often complain of knee pain. The most common roots to be irritated are the L5 and S1 nerve roots which supply many muscles that cross the knee or insert near the knee. Therefore when muscles such as the hamstrings, gluteus maximus, adductor magnus and tensor fascia latae shorten due to spasm, knee pain can often be felt. Knee pain will be more noticeable on extension (straightening) of the knee or with excessive bending or weight bearing on the knees such as in crawling or kneeling. If the muscles that be... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

5. Low back pain| hip flexion July 09, 2007 Low back pain| hip flexion Patients with lower back pain often have tightness of the hip flexor muscles. This is aggravated by the presence of a forward bent posture from lower back pain and presence of weak and shortened paraspinal muscles. This places the abdominal wall and the hip flexor muscles in an advantageous position to bring the trunk and hips into flexion. The hip flexor muscle tightness is favored by the presence of weakness of the hip extensor muscles such as the gluteus maximus, adductor magnus and the hamstring muscles. Muscles that perform hip flexion are: - ... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

6. myofascial pain| fibromyalgia| fatigue| gluteus maximus May 24, 2007 The most powerful muscle in the body is the gluteus maximus. We have previously discussed its origin, insertion, nerve supply and its actions. We should now discuss the concept and importance of this muscle in creating chronic myofacial pain especially how it can develop into producing total body pain (fibromyalgia) and chonic fatigue with or without pain. Low back pain due to L5 and S1 nerve root irritation is very common and starts young. So by the time the patient presents with lower back pain in middle or old-age, even though the pain may be acute due to sudden or insidious trauma, th... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

7. Lower back pain|muscles|walking May 24, 2007 Lower back pain due to irritation of the lower lumbosacral nerve roots causes pain and spasm in muscles of the lower back and the lower limbs. There will be loss of balance with tendency to fall when muscles do not contract quickly in a coordinated fashion due to pain, spasm or weakness. The muscle important for walking is the gluteus maximus at heel strike which has to undergo a lengthening contraction to stabilize the hip joint. The quadriceps muscles and muscles that pick up the foot and ankle (dorsiflexors) also undergo lengthening contractions as the body weight is gradually transferre... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

8. Lower back pain| pulling activities May 24, 2007 Lower back pain can be initiated or aggravated by pulling type activities. To be able to pull effectively, lower body muscle activity is needed especially that of the paraspinal muscles, abdominal muscles, gluteus maximus, hamstrings, quadriceps, gastrocnemius and foot and ankle dorsiflexors. These muscles going to lengthening contraction to stabilize the lower limb. During pulling, compressive forces occur at the lumbar disc region of the L5-S1 level and there are high shear forces at the shoe-floor interface. The more slippery the surface, the more the muscles have to contract to guard... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

9. Lower back pain: The role of hamstrings May 10, 2007 Lower back pain is most commonly from spinal nerve root L5 irritation followed by the S1 nerve root. Both nerve roots are strongly represented in the buttock muscle (gluteus maximus: predominant S1) and the inner thigh muscle (adductor magnus: the lower part L5, S1), hamstring muscles (L5 and S1), gluteus medius (predominant L5) and tensor fascia lata (predominant L5). There are two parts tto the long hamstring muscles, the outer part (has one lateral muscle) and the inner part has (two medial) muscles. There is also another muscle known as the short hamstring muscle. The long hamstring... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

10. Neck pain|lower back pain: Role of gluteus maximus March 23, 2007 In treating lower back pain, mid back and neck pain, the gluteus maximus muscle must be routinely included. Anantomy: This muscle arises from the iliac bone, sacrum and tailbone (coccyx). It also has attachments to the thoracolumbar fascia into which the latissimus dorsi and trapezius muscles are also attached. Gluteus maximus inserts into the thigh bone and the thick fascia at the side of the thigh known as the iliotibial tract. On its contraction, the thigh moves backward (extension). It is also used for bringing the thighs together (adduction) and in rolling the thigh outward (exter... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

11. Lower back|hip|and groin pain: The role of adductor magnus March 23, 2007 In treating lower back pain, hip pain and groin pain, all muscles that cross the hip and groin region have to be considered. The muscles that are most responsible for the hip pain and groin pain are the large muscles that are subjected to lengthening contractions and those which cross multiple joints. Adductor magnus muscle is a large muscle subjected to constant lengthening contractions and although it does not cross multiple joints, it helps the function of the gluteus maximus and tensor fascia lata and thus comes one of the most important muscles to be treated for hip pain and groin pain.... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

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