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( piriformis gluteus medius obturator )

General Anatomy
This muscular crossroad runs inside to out of the pelvis, attaching to the top of the thigh (a point called the greater trochanter)

When It’s Squishy
the crossroad puppeteers the pelvis to optimize posture. The muscles provide major shock absorption for walking and descending stairs.
These muscles crossing from within the pelvis to outside the pelvis provide a key amount of our core strength.

When Not Squishy
they become the BITTER END. Posture is lost as the pelvis is held twisted and tilted. Pain refers to the low back or down the leg. Balance, flexibility and smoothness are greatly compromised when the pelvis locks in place.

Getting Bitter End

Past Trauma – old injury from falls, emotional states and too much sitting get neurologically fossilized as habits

Overuse Injury Active Overuse – these muscles provides lots of “braking power” so sports with lots of rapid stops/starts and changes in direction cause stress

Passive Overuse- the Bitter End muscles provide loads of balance so activities requiring prolonged balance such as biking and standing long periods stress these muscles

Repetitive Stress – Walking, jogging and even the Elliptical requires thousands of repetitive movements, micro-shocks and micro internal bleeding leading to Bitter End

Disuse Injury – Inactivity adapts the body to Inactivity; traumatized muscle is by definition muscle that doesn’t move; adaptations to sitting and sleeping develop Bitter End

Emotional State – postures of stress, grief and sadness increase muscle tension all over the body and contribute to Bitter End

Trauma Begets Trauma – A little Bitter End leads to a lot of Bitter End – neglected Posture only goes in one direction - from bad to worse as deficits lead to mal-adaptations leading to the next deficit