Tag: pelvic floor dysfunction

Stress and The Psoas

Stress and The Psoas What is the Psoas Muscle and What does it Do? The iliopsoas (psoas) is a large complex muscles. It acts as a paraspinal and deep hip rotator muscle. It is responsible for flexion of the trunk and hips. You use your psoas to help get from sitting to standing, walking, running,…
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Chronic Stress and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

  Chronic Stress and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction You have probably heard that being under chronic stress is bad. Did you know that chronic stress can actually contribute to pelvic floor dysfunction? To understand a bit more about how these influence each other, let’s define these terms. Then we will talk about how they are connected.…
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