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Tag: buttock muscles in yoga

The glutes and hip pain in yoga

By joemillerApril 11, 2014October 13, 2017 Categories: Anatomy, Asana, Health, Injuries, Practice Tags: buttock muscles in yoga, femoroacetabular impingement, femoroacetabular impingement in yoga, glutes in yoga, gluteus maximus anatomy, gluteus maximus in yoga, hip impingement, hip injury, hip pain, yoga anatomy, yoga injury Leave a comment

“Don’t contract your glutes.” I’ve heard this instruction many times from yoga teachers, especially during backbending poses, but it’s always puzzled me. The gluteus maximus – the large muscle of your buttocks — is the prime mover in actions that require hip extension against gravity, such as climbing stairs or standing up from a squat….

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