Engaging your deep core muscles helps align your hips because your primary hip flexor, or
psoas muscle runs from your lower spine to your femur (leg bone).
Not exact matches
The
psoas (SO - az) is a
muscle running through the pelvis to the upper part of the femur.
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.
Psoas is a thick circular
muscle that
runs along the front of the spine, attaching along lumbar vertebrae 1 - 5 and inserting into the top of the femur.