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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| thigh abduction July 09, 2007 Lower back pain| thigh abduction Patients with lower back pain often secondary to irritation of the L5 and S1 nerve roots will have difficulty not only due to the pain but due to weakness of the hip abductor muscles. The most powerful hip abductor is the gluteus medius. It is supplied by the superior gluteal nerve (L4, L5 and S1). The L5 nerve root has the strongest representation in this muscle. The other hip abductors are the other muscles are tensor fascia latae and gluteus minimus which are also supplied by the superior gluteal nerve. Hip abduction can be tested with the patient... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

4. Lower back pain| hip internal rotation July 09, 2007 Lower back pain| hip internal rotation Lower back pain is commonly associated with irritation of the L5 and S1 nerve roots bilaterally. Depending on whether the L5 or the S1 nerve root is more irritated, there can be pain and spasm that causes tightening of the muscles that perform external rotation or muscles that perform internal rotation. Our topic today will be on muscles that perform internal rotation of the hip. These muscles are: - gluteus medius - gluteus minimus - tensor fascia latae muscles. All these muscles are supplied by the superior g... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

5. Lower back pain|hip pain|gluteus medius May 10, 2007 A person with lower back pain or hip pain often will limp with a lurch over to the side of the weight supporting limb every time he/she takes a step. This sign called the Trendelenburg sign is due either to pain and or weakness of the gluteus medius muscle. This duck waddle type of gait is characteristic of this muscle’s inability to function well. Gluteus medius arises from the outer surface of the pelvic bone called the iliac bone and attaches to the outer part of the hip. Its function is to spread the thigh outward away from the midline (abduction). This muscle receives very strong... (read more) Author: Jennifer Chu

6. 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

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