So all of that rehab? It isn’t going to pay off. Well your glute medius is not getting the benefit of the exercise it should be getting and instead you’re perpetuating the overuse of your TFL! So when you feel that front outside of your hip working during those mini band walks? Guess what is not working as it should and what is also COMPENSATING for that underactive muscle!? If you’re doing the right moves but still allowing muscles to compensate, not only are you NOT correcting the problem, but you may be making it worse. You’re doing the “right moves” so you just believe you SHOULD get results, right? Or maybe you don’t even think about what is working.
However, the hard part about addressing TFL tightness and overactivity is that many of the moves we need to do to CORRECT the issue, can often PERPETUATE IT!įor instance, to help prevent the TFL from continuing to compensate, we need to include glute medius strengthening.īut ever notice how you’ll do Monster Walks and feel the front side of your hip working?Įver push through thinking “Oh yea! Feel that burn!?” It contributes to internal hip rotation AND external tibial rotation.īecause of its far reaching impact it is a muscle we can’t ignore. The TFL can be a nasty little sucker, compensating for a week glute medius, perpetuating IT Band tightness and impacting everything down to our feet and ankles. What if I told you that you should actually be paying attention to your TFL or your Tensor Fasciae Latae. The psoas has become the sexy hip flexor muscle to talk about and work on.īut what if I told you that all too often the TRUE culprit of our back, hip, IT BAND, knee pain and even ANKLE pain had to do with ANOTHER hip flexor muscle?!
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