Psoas Strength and Flexibility: Core Workouts to Increase Mobility, Reduce Injuries and End Back Pain

by Pamela Ellgen

Fifty step-by-step exercises to help you prevent back and hip injuries by strengthening the muscle group connecting your upper and lower body.Connecting the lower spine to the hips and legs, a strong and flexible psoas muscle is vital for everyday movements like walking, bending and reaching, as well as athletic endeavors like jumping for a ball, holding a yoga pose and swinging a golf club. With targeted information and exercises, this book’s step-by-step program guarantees you’ll transform this vulnerable muscle, Develop a powerful coreEnd back painIncrease range of motionImprove posturePrevent strains and injuries Packed with 100s of step-by-step photos and clear, concise instructions, Psoas Strength and Flexibility features workouts for toning the muscle as well as rehabbing from injury. And each program is based on simple matwork exercises that require minimal or no equipment.

Genres: Health, Bodies

146 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 16, 2015

Reviews

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received the book for free through a giveaway here on Goodreads.
It was mainly things I've seen in other exercise books combined with a healthy diet. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't really anything new for me.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book helped me get started on a regime to correct my sitting habits with a mix of pileates and yoga and other excercises and the summaries to tell you why this helps and how it helps and what you should be feeling as you move through the form. I was suffering the outcomes of a sedentery life style and of my advanced years. This was a light in a tunnel for me. The texts are clearly written in a no nonsense manner. The excercises are well defined and accompanied by photos. There are tailored programs laid out at the end of the book to address individual life styles and problems. I think the book was a life changer for me. I have been in rehab for knees and back several times and have also attended yoga classes which are not always sympathetic to those who can't keep up. I needed this to get back on track. If you sit at your computer all day, this is The Book for shaking out that body and understanding why it needs the shaking.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

THANKS YOU FOR THIS BOOK I HAVE A BAD BACK BEEN TO PT THIS BOOK WILL HELP ME KEEP MY CORE STRONG AND HELP WITH THE PAIN THANKS TO GOODREADS FIRSTREADS FOR THE FREE BOOK

[Debra Jeakins · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is very informative and gives very clear precise instructions for the exercises. I can incorporate some of these into my workout routine.

[Tim]

I'm not going to give this a star-rating although I probably should give it something low but...
The book is great if you don't know anything and are trying to get started. Unfortunately, there is a glaring flaw as soon as I opened the book because I turned to Deadlifts - and the author doesn't know what a deadlift is - either that or she is a proponent of what is considered the worst possible form for one. But since she went to pilates and yoga first I wasn't overly surprised. Not knocking those but deadlifting is what it is not what she shows. She shows what is sometimes called a straight leg deadlift (totally different animal from either a conventional DL or a Sumo DL) and is usually discouraged because it CAN cause injury easily in new or untrained lifters - this book's target audience. Or you could say she is showing a variant of a Good Morning - but its not really that either. Now, I do the exercise she shows with a barbell, but I also deadlift over 500 lbs correctly and use what she shows as an add-on and at much lighter weight to specifically target some of the smaller muscle groups that I already have a level of strength in - I am not a beginner. And I am aware of the potential risk inherent to this movement as shown. The author though did not include a warning and that is a concern.

I suspect the author did a lot of 'research' but is not an 'applied' expert. I like the direction and drive of the book - heck, I got a copy so there - but like anything, the reader needs to do a little of their own research as well before blindly accepting EVERYTHING any author throws out there. YOU are responsible for yourself in the end. Exercise smartly. But then again do it.