Back pain? Blame the psoas. Seems as if everybody wants to dive headfirst into their psoas at the first sign of trouble with the lumbopelvic-hip region. Perhaps no other muscle is blamed more for causing problems than the psoas. Yes, it is an important stabilizer of the lumbar spine, but it shouldn't be the only one on which you focus. There is another big player on the scene: the iliacus.
Edward Wagner, DC
Dr. Edward Wagner is a 1977 graduate of the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic; owner of the Wagner Holistic Center in Pacific Palisades, Calif.; and the author of Dr. Edward D. Wagner's Complete Guide to Healing the Entire Body, Mind and Spirit and Applied Concussion Neurology.