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Your hips are the bridge between your upper body and lower body. They are at the center of your body's movement. Sitting within the well of your hip and lower spine is the psoas major muscle, one of the two muscles that makes up the iliopsoas. It’s often called the "mighty" psoas (pronounced so-az) for the many important functions it plays in the movement of your body. The psoas is the only muscle in the human body connecting the upper body to the lower body. The muscle attaches to the vertebrae of the lower spine, moves through the pelvis and connects to a tendon at the top of the femur. It also attaches to the diaphragm, so it’s connected to your breathing, and upon it sits all the major organs. A functioning psoas muscle creates a neutral pelvic alignment, stabilizes the hips, supports the lower spine and abdomen, supports the organs in the pelvic and abdominal cavity and gives you greater mobility and core strength. Like unfolding a sheet or unpacking a ...

By Rick Kaselj, M.S. (Exercise Science), B.Sc. (Kinesiology), PK, CPT, CEP, CES www.criticalbench.com The sit-up or more specifically, the ‘crunch’ has been an exercise staple for decades. Proponents of the crunch touted it as the ideal exercise for building six-pack abdominals and ridding the stomach of excess fat. Since as far back as the 1940s fitness ‘gurus’ in gyms, on television and in magazines suggested that the crunch offered a fast track to a lean, well-defined mid-section. And for nearly as long, the real fitness experts have been saying “No, no no….the crunch does none of those things and is in fact, a horrible exercise that increases the risk of injury—particularly the back.”  Let’s take a look and see which viewpoint is correct. We’ll start by taking a look at the crunch movement to get a better perspective. There are a nearly endless variety of ways to perform the crunch but among all of them, the basic movements are essentially the same. The movement ...

Hip Joint Pain Remedies In today's post I am going to share with you the hidden survival muscle that exist in your body, that is the key to eliminating that painful joint and back pain, eliminating anxiety and looking fat, while permanently boosting your energy levels, immune system, sexual function, strength and athletic performance in as little as 15 minutes. And surprisingly nobody knows how to unlock it! People like to train hard and eat well hoping that is all enough to keep themselves in good health and physically & emotionally strong. But there is a lurking danger in our bodies that nobody realize it, even doctors are bot able to identify it. This hidden danger effects nearly everybody everyday no matter how active or how sedentary you are or how young or old you are. This hidden problem negatively affects not only our body but our life as a whole. The #1 Hip Mobility Stretch Mistake Unlock Your Hip Flexors So wh...