PSOAS: Muscle Of The Soul
The importance of psoas for our health, vitality and emotional well-being.
The psoas is the deepest, most stabilizing muscle in the human body, which affects our structural balance, width of movement, joint mobility and functioning of the abdominal organs.
It's the only muscle that connects the spine to the legs, responsible for keeping us standing and allowing us to lift our legs to walk. A healthy psoas stabilizes the spine and provides support through the trunk, also forming a good shelf for the abdominal organs.
Some recent studies also consider the psoas, a perceptive organ composed of bio-intelligent tissue that literally embodies our deepest desire to survive and thrive. That is, it is the primary messenger of the central nervous system, so it is also considered as a spokesperson of emotions. This is because the psoas is connected to the diaphragm via the connective tissue or fascia, so it is affected in both breathing and reflection fear. An accelerated lifestyle and stress generate adrenaline that chronically strain the psoas, preparing it to run, jump into action or shrink to protect us.
If we constantly hold the psoas in tension due to stress, over time it begins to shorten and harden. This will make our posture and the functions of the organs that live in the abdomen difficult, leading to back pain, sciatica, disc problems, hip degeneration, painful periods or digestive problems.
On the other hand, a tense psoas sends tension signals to the nervous system, interferes with fluid movement and affects diaphragmatic breathing. In fact, the psoas is so intimately involved in basic physical and emotional reactions, that when it is chronically tense, it is sending the body continuous signals of danger, so it can resonate in exhaustion of l the adrenal glands and immune system.
This situation is aggravated by the way we sit or the postures of our daily habits, which reduce our natural movements and further constrain the muscle.