Basically, anyone can train
the iliacus muscles, directly or indirectly, through any weight training quad dominant exercise, even jogging.
Not exact matches
By bending sideways we alternately stretch and contract the lateral structures of the torso (obliques, QL,
iliacus, TFL, IT band) and facilitate deeper breathing by stretching intercostal
muscles and expanding the ribcage.
The psoas (along with the
iliacus) is a pretty big
muscle running from your lumbar spine, in front of the hips, and attaching to the top of the femur.
Many large and small
muscles have relationships with the ligaments of the sacroiliac joint including the piriformis (see «piriformis syndrome», a condition often related with sacroiliac joint dysfunction), biceps femoris, gluteus maximus and minimus, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi, thoracolumbar fascia, and
iliacus.
The
iliacus and psoas major
muscles of the hip are so closely related in structure and function that they are often referred to as a single
muscle, the iliopsoas.
Iliopsoas
muscle is actually 2
muscles,
iliacus and psoas, that merge and share a common attachment site at the femur head (thigh bone).