Back Pain Iliopsoas Muscle. The psoas muscle itself can be irritated and cause pain along the front of the hip and deep in the abdomen but the low back pain that it causes is typically due to the position into which it pulls the low back. The psoas muscle is one of a group of muscles that join up to form the iliopsoas muscle.
The condition occurs when the psoas muscle the long muscle up to 16 inches in your back is injured. If the cause of your back pain is the psoas muscle it can seem impossible to find relief. The iliopsoas muscle is one of the most complex and least understood muscles in the body.
Comprised of two muscles the iliacus and the psoas there are two separate origins or starting attachments to bone but one common insertion ending attachment to bone.
Two muscles in one. Two muscles in one. Anyone who takes pilates knows the psoas intimately the form of exercise is praised for improving psoas muscle health and related back pain. This is because it is the deepest muscle in your body.