Comments on: Bartenieff Fundamentals™ (BF) and Pilates http://movementsafootblog.com/2007/03/08/bartenieff-fundamentals%e2%84%a2-bf-and-pilates/ A BodyMind Think Tank - Taking fitness to the next level Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:24:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: moveaddicts http://movementsafootblog.com/2007/03/08/bartenieff-fundamentals%e2%84%a2-bf-and-pilates/#comment-5 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:07:01 +0000 http://moveaddicts.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/bartenieff-fundamentals%e2%84%a2-bf-and-pilates/#comment-5 First, to be make an evaluation without seeing you is difficult. Two people can have a left tight psoas with different organisation around that. One person could have tightness from a structural problem; another habitual.

I first would look at the thigh lift. If the thigh bone is not gliding well in the hip socket, other muscles can take over. Many people use the pelvis to lift the leg up by tltling or unleveling. With this poor function, the psoas is not working correctly.

In standing, a tight psoas could pull the pelvis into an anterior tilt. The hamstrings and the gluteals are not working as well. The hip flexors could be working double time instead of the hip extensors.

I have a tight right psoas. I do a lot of release work (reading: Constructive rest- see Dr. Lulu Sweigard, Andre Barnard & Eric Franklin about this), restorative yoga, Escoque technigue and Hanna Somatics for my tight psoas. Besides the thigh lift, I do a lot of bridging to get the opposite muscle groups active. Sometimes activating the hamstrings and the gluteals in a neutral bridge, can release my psoas.

Lesley Powell

]]> By: doug farley http://movementsafootblog.com/2007/03/08/bartenieff-fundamentals%e2%84%a2-bf-and-pilates/#comment-4 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:13:41 +0000 http://moveaddicts.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/bartenieff-fundamentals%e2%84%a2-bf-and-pilates/#comment-4 i think my psoas is short on the left side. if a psoas is short is it also weak?
when i use a wedge to elevate my hips i feel a slightly painfull pull on my left side, however, in general the area around my left hip seems sore.any advise

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