Psoas Stretch: 3 Hip Flexor Stretches & Anatomy

Let’s find your hip flexors! From a standing position, lift your knee up toward your chest. The main muscles that contract to make this movement possible are the psoas, iliacus, and rectus femoris. The sartorius and pectineus also play a smaller but important role in flexion too (we’ll cover those in a future video). VIDEO CONTENTS 00:00 Psoas Stretch 00:11 Hip Flexor Tightness Check 00:42 Psoas Anatomy 01:22 Iliacus Anatomy 02:05 Why Your Hip Flexors are Tight? 03:54 Standing Hip Flexor Stretch 06:27 Blaster Pose 07:47 Splits Psoas: this is your filet mignon muscle that starts at thoracic vertebra 12 and lumbar vertebrae 1-4, crosses the pelvis and then attaches on the inside of your femur on the lesser trochanter. If this muscle is tight, it can pull your lower back into extension and put excessive pressure on your lower back region. Iliacus: this hip flexor starts on the inside of your pelvis, meets up with the psoas and attaches on the lesser troch