FUNDAMENTALS: The Hip, Knee, Foot, Psoas Connection (Zoom)

Joints articulate and transfer weight from one bone to another, creating range of motion, cushioning the force of gravity, and reverberating ground force reaction (rebound). Energetically, the joints link together like pearls on a string. When bones are not centered in their axis, the individual joint (like the pearl) is stressed and therefore so are all the other joints in the body. Just as pulling on one pearl affects all the other pearls in a necklace, a dysfunctional joint that is compressed, unstable, or stressed disrupts the whole skeletal system. A problem in a knee or shoulder socket, for example, is never an isolated problem. Stress on one joint not only causes other joints to be dysfunctional, but also causes compensations of muscular and connective tissue through- out the body.

If we want core integrity, a relationship between all of the joints is crucial. A supple psoas supports the continuum and informs us when proprioception is diminished. Discover the relationship between the ankle, knee, hip and a dynamic fluid psoas  throughout WALKING