Gluteus Maximus Strain

This injury is common in runners or sports involving running.  You might feel like this pain is a high hamstring strain.  Gluteus Maximus covers the attachment of the hamstring on the sit bone, when it spasms you might think it’s your hamstring.

Symptoms:

• The pain will involve pain in the lower buttock and can radiate into the iliotibial band.
• Can be triggered by:
  • Activities going – uphill,
  • Going up and down stairs,
  • Jumping, squatting, and lunging.
• Pain after exercise or sitting for a long period of time.

Causes:

• Weak gluts or hamstring.
• Poor posture.
• Weak core strength.
• Muscles group imbalance – weak gluts with overactive and shortened quad.
• Pelvis imbalance – hip hike or anterior tilt.

When treating your strain, your treatment involves:

• Analyzing your posture.
• Discussing potential lifestyle dynamics impacting the hip area.
• Muscle testing the muscles comprising the hip for weakness and pain.
• Targeting effected muscles, releasing motor points, trigger points and relaxing the fascia.
• Providing exercises to continue treatment success between acupuncture treatments.

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