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.
Ricardo Fujikawa, DC, MD
Dr. Ricardo Fujikawa is the immediate past president of the Brazilian Chiropractic Association and advisor to the association's Committee on Regulation. Currently, he resides in Spain, where he serves as director of the College of Chiropractic at the Royal University Centre in Madrid.