Author Topic: what do doctors really know?  (Read 2847 times)

Perry

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Re: what do doctors really know?
« Reply #30 on: May 16, 2008, 01:25:56 pm »
It is a very busy area indeed!  The Iliacus amoung others could also be involved. The muscle goes along the spine, down the back part of the inside of the pelvis, and insert on the inside/front of the hip right after it makes it's angle.  here's a look
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sacrowedgy.com/images/psoas.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sacrowedgy.com/scoliosis.htm&h=333&w=250&sz=24&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=uLKb1Oo-uuVyvM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpsoas%2Bmuscle%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official

Here's an interesting link, read half way down where she talks about problems running and getting worse with sitting
http://www.obgyn.net/pelvic-pain/pelvic-pain.asp?page=/cpp/articles/parker_Iliopsoas_Trigger_Point