The famous psoas muscle
The Mighty Psoas: Is It Really That Important? Short answer: Absolutely, YES! ✅ 🤔 What Even Is the Psoas? Location, Location, Location: It's a deep-seated muscle that attaches to all your lumbar vertebrae 🦴 and runs down to connect to your hip 🦴. The Dynamic Duo: On its journey, it teams up with the iliacus muscle to form the superstar duo known as the Iliopsoas ✅. ⚡️ Why Is It Such a Big...
Back Pain SOS: Your Stomach May Be the Culprit!
CLINICAL CASE: "It hurts between my shoulder blades." "I need my back to be cracked." "I need a massage where it hurts." Is this what you need, or is it the sensation your body is manifesting? 🤔 Treatments without clinical criteria and an approach focused on the underlying causes are just isolated techniques. In a chronic or recurring gastric condition, irritation of the stomach walls occurs, which then affects its fasciae and anatomical relationships. But of course, you...
How Osteopathy Alleviates Discomfort Induced by Extended Travel
During the summer, many people take vacations to travel long distances, often spending hours sitting in airplanes, trains or cars. This prolonged immobility can cause various musculoskeletal problems, such as back, neck and leg pain. In this article, we will explore how osteopathy can offer effective solutions to relieve these pains and improve well-being during, before and after travel. The problem: pain and stiffness from long travels Back Pain: Spending long hours sitting can...
BRUXISM, HEADACHE & CERVICAL PAIN: Discovering the Hidden Connections
Can headaches be caused by the temporomandibular joint and cervical spine? Approximately 30% of global adult headaches are a result of cervical tension, stress, and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) imbalance. This challenges the common misconception that the location of pain indicates the true source of the problem. TMJ, which is often associated with bruxism and affects 8% of the population, is intertwined with headaches due to functional disturbances that lead to involuntary...