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A short video about the illustrations on this site and how they were inspired. There are examples with biceps, iliocostalis, psoas, and more…
Here, you will find self-care strategies for relief from pain in your buttock with a stiff low back. for more information about how people describe this pattern look at this other post. Sudden Twist Avoid precarious positions that may lead to twisting falls, especially when the fall leads to a blow to the back. These
People tend to run a hand up and down their hip and complain of stiffness. Then, they focus on their buttock and say that it focuses on that spot. Often they complain of a stiff low back and included that area in their demonstration. Their low back is noticeably stiff to the touch between the
Here, you will find relief through self-care for mid-back pain that extends upward, forward and creates a stiff the lower back. If you’d like to read more about how it feels or what aggravates this condition, read this other post. Cycling Cycling can easily aggravate the trigger point that creates this mid-back pain. This is
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Overview of anatomy Iliocostalis is part of the erector spinae group, which also includes longissimus and spinalis. Iliocostalis, like the others, has 3 sections. The anatomy is often simplified. That’s understandable as it is both complex and variable. All 9 sections of the erector spinae are gathered into a fascial compartment that extends along the
Here, you will find strategies for effective relief of the nagging, radiating pain under the shoulder blade created by iliocostalis thoracis, If you’d like to read more about how people describe this and the activities that aggravate it, look at this other post. Acute or Chronic If this is acute and sharp, you will have
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People complain of pain in the mid-back. They almost always make this awkward move of reaching back to touch the lower ribs on that side. Often, they complain about a stiff lower back. They may even refer to it as low back pain as they touch the lower ribs. At times, they complain about how it
