After age 30, everyone loses 4 to 6 percent of their psoas muscle mass every decade, and it decreases even more rapidly for men after 60. But this isn’t just about aging. Too much sitting can ...

Diaphragm Exercises and Other Ways to Work Your Breathing Muscles. Both Vranich and Comana stress that engaging the diaphragm is not enough—you have to strengthen it, just like any other muscle ...

The relationship between surface diaphragm mechanomyography (sMMGdi), as a noninvasive measure of inspiratory muscle mechanical activation, and crural diaphragm electromyography (oesEMGdi), as the ...

The iliopsoas muscle is a major hip flexor that also helps to move your spine. The two muscles of the group—the iliacus and the psoas major—arise from different areas of your pelvis and lumbar spine ...

Researchers have developed a compact, wearable ultrasound device that monitors muscle activity. Attachable to the skin with an adhesive and powered by a small battery, the device wirelessly captures ...

Along with the psoas major and iliacus muscles, the psoas minor forms the iliopsoas muscle complex, which helps you hold your lower back stable when you flex your hip as you stand, sit, walk, and run.

Of all the muscles of your body, the psoas is one of the most important. Keeping this muscle strong and flexible will enhance your athletic performance and help prevent a whole lot of hip and lower ...

Do you often experience body aches, especially in your lower back? If you’re looking for quick remedies to ease back pain, it might be time to focus on your psoas muscle. The psoas major, ...

Therefore, psoas muscle stretches and exercises can go a long way toward alleviating and preventing common aches and pains. Meet the experts: Melissa Prestipino, P.T., D.P.T., ...

Therefore, psoas muscle stretches and exercises can go a long way toward alleviating and preventing common aches and pains. Meet the experts: Melissa Prestipino, P.T., D.P.T., ...