Not exact matches
If my left psoas is
tight and restricting my mobility by right deep sixes,
glutes, lowback,
and hamstring will be weak
and uncontracted.
Typically, these problems include poor hip mobility,
tight hip flexors
and / or
hamstrings,
and poor
glute / posterior chain strength.
A
tight pair of
glutes, a sweeping set of thighs,
and firm, full
hamstrings are the ultimate display of feminine strength
and beauty.
Powerful
glutes also help correct the muscle imbalances that many people have from sitting too much —
tight hip flexors, weak
glutes,
and hamstrings.
The key to correcting this problem is to strengthen your
glutes and hamstrings and loosen
tight hip flexors with hip flexor stretches.
Also, be sure to stretch
tight hamstrings,
glutes and calves on the regular.
Maintain a
tight core
and feel the tension on the
hamstrings and glutes.
Stretch abs
and hamstrings your
glutes are likely to be
tight but weak so you should stretch
and strengthen these.
Aside from helping to prevent injuries, there's another reason: thanks to the good old 9 - 5 spent sitting on our tush, most people have weak
glutes,
tight hip flexors
and tight hamstrings, which means if they dive straight into the exercises they don't target their
glutes, but rather other muscles like the thighs (quadriceps in the front, adductors on the inside
and hamstrings at the back).
For example too
tight chest
and not strong enough upper back lead to crunched shoulders,
tight lower back
and hamstrings with weak
glutes pull hips forward, on top of these issues there's
tight neck sticking forward giving the «perfect» S shaped posture...
But combine weak
glutes with
tight hip flexors
and tight hamstrings from sitting down most of the day,
and when it comes time to drop it like a squat: it's more like a
glute fizzle than the bonfire you'd hoped for.
Target those chronically
tight muscles like
glutes, calves, quads,
hamstrings and thoracic spine (upper -
and middle - back).
It is important to keep in mind that if you sit for a majority of the day, you may have inactive
and weak
glutes, along with
tight hamstrings and hip flexors.
Targeted exercises (couch stretch to loosen
tight psoas
and quads, clams
and glute bridge to activate
glutes, planks for core,
hamstring strengtheners etc.), pressure
and dry needling for triggers have helped enormously
and my lower back pain of many years has also disappeared.
I have a similar problem
and also have weak
glutes and tight hamstrings.
If you're struggling hitting depth there could be many causes — you could have poor ankle mobility,
tight hip flexors
and / or
hamstrings, weak
glutes, or poor pelvic alignment (among many other things).
If, for example, you have an overactive,
tight TFL, it's going to inhibit you from effectively firing up your
hamstring and glutes.