There are five types of hip flexor muscles: the iliacus, pectineus, psoas major, rectus femoris, and sartorius muscles. You use these muscles to lift your knees and bend forward at the hip. These ...

If you spend most of your day sitting, use these expert-recommended hip flexor stretches to alleviate low back pain and hip ...

Hip flexor tear means the muscle has torn. A hip flexor tear can happen suddenly, through direct injury, or with chronic overuse. Psoas syndrome describes injury to one of the hip flexor 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. We don't know as much about what the psoas ...

Rachele Gilman, stretchologist and director at Stretch inc explains: “The hip flexors consist of several muscles, one of which (the iliopsoas) contains the psoas – the part that connects to ...

The iliacus is a key part of the larger and better-known hip flexor (the other main muscle being the psoas). Together, the iliacus and the psoas make up the hip muscle group that connects the ...