I admit I now have lower back stiffness and discomfort. It began around the time we moved back to Collinsville and I point to two reasons, age not being one of them. I have been sitting way to much since moving back, reading, sitting at the computer or tv. This story headline attracted me but the first thing on back issues I read was a word I've never heard of. Psoas!
Now I had to take anatomy in College and read various articles on physical things fairly regularly but have never come across the word, psoas. It appears to be the name for a deep hip flexor that connects to the spine and extends down to our femur. The Femur is the longest and strongest bone in our bodies and attaches to the hip and knee. Sitting a lot causes this flexor to tighten and shorten causes problems.
The advice for helping back stiffness and pain is to get going and stretch the Psoas. I honestly do not know quite how to do this, but do know that stretching the lower back muscles and knees does help a lot. I often lay on the couch and lift by legs and hold position and can feel the back loosen. Maybe what I'm doing has something to do with the unheard of Psoas, but I'll keep doing what I'm doing.
The exercises shown in this article are kind of too much for me, but I may try a couple.
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