Is Your Lower Back Pain Caused by a Tight Hip Flexor?
The iliopsoas muscle known as the hip flexor can be a huge culprate to why your lower back hurts. I can think of many lower back pain patients that I have had in the past that were tight in these muscles. The muscles have attachments to your lower back and pelvis and then extends downward and attaches to the top part of your thigh bone. As the muscle is named, it flexes the hip or marches the leg up. It also imparts actions at the pelvis and lower back. It tilts the pelvis fo