![]() ![]() Squats and lunges are good but they work on big muscles not really on the gluteus medius. Well, don’t sit for so long, walk around more, actively squeeze your butt muscles while standing or walking, and do more exercises to target the glutes. This means that you must start working on your butt today! What is the solution to the Dead Butt Syndrome? If the pelvis/hip on the same side of the lifted leg drops down then you have a positive Trendelenburg test. Stand in front of a full-length mirror and lift one leg off the floor. How to find out if you have the Dead Butt Syndrome? If the glutes are strong, any activity that you do on your feet has a strong foundation hence reducing your chances of injuries. You might get your feet and knees treated but unless you treat the cause- in this case, the sleeping butt- you won’t get anywhere! In the clinic when we treat sports injuries or spine problems, the glutes are the first that we assess. Eventually, this cascading effect of muscular imbalance from butt to knee to the foot can lead to anything from back pain to ankle/foot pain. This can further put a strain on your foot and arches of the foot leading to collapsed arches or over-pronation (flat foot). Weak glutes can lead to pelvis instability causing the collapse of the knee inwards increasing the stress in the knees. The first time you might encounter any discussion is when you have a back, hip, knee, or foot issue and your very astute sports physio points out to you that your glutes are asleep! Dangers of having Weak Glutes You may be walking and standing misaligned and not even know it. While this may seem not such a great task, believe me, keeping your pelvis stabilized and aligned while standing and walking is the backbone of doing these simple activities correctly. The gluteus medius muscle helps stabilize the pelvis while you are weight-bearing – any activity you do on your feet. If the gluteus medius forgets to fire properly while walking, running, or just standing, this can lead to a myriad of joint pains, even back pain. The big chunky muscles are the gluteus maximus but the dead butt syndrome is caused by amnesia in the gluteus medius. the butt muscles are a complex of three major muscles – gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus. the glutes have been in a slumber for some time. Whether you are an avid gymmer or one who enjoys casual walks or if you dream of doing a killer workout at the gym but haven’t gotten there yet, you suffer from what’s come to be known as the ‘dead butt syndrome’! Unless you and your trainer are actively focused on isolating the glute muscles and doing specific strength training for it, your butt i.e. Well, let me tell you that you have made the right choice and that working your butt is an integral part of your health. You may wonder why you are reading this article. Arthrogenic neuromusculature inhibition: a foundational investigation of existence in the hip joint.WORK THAT BUTT! Yes, you read that right! Work that butt that you sit on for a large portion of your day if you don’t want to end up with Dead Butt Syndrome. But they can feel and present as weak and we need to activate them The hips are not always weak, but more likely inhibited and forgot how and when to turn on and off. ![]() This is quite a list and therefore there are a lot of hip strengthening exercises. Keeps the pelvis level for walking and running. ![]() Stabilizing the lower back and sacroiliac joint via its attachment into the thoracolumbar fascia (Back pain? check the butt!).Femoral, patellar and tibial alignment (knee pain? check the butt!).Lifting the body out of the stooped position (think squat).Raising the body up from a forwardly displaced position (think deadlift).Hip external rotation and internal rotation.What do the glutes do? The gluteal muscles as a whole are responsible for: Research has also shown that this weakness, which is more a neural inhibition, can continue after the pain has been resolved!! Its been done for knee pain and VMO “weakness” and Freeman and McGill did a study where they induced knee pain and tested muscles before and after. What research DOES show is that pain can cause certain muscles to be less effective. ![]()
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