Gluteal amnesia

[jessmarimba]

Those were the first muscles I was given exercises to work on when I started PT. Lower abs and large muscles in the lower back.

[tulip]

P-I-L-A-T-E-S. Seriously. It gets all those muscles--your powerhouse. It's even more important as we get older so we can hold ourselves up. Many falls by elderly people--the ones that result in broken hips and such--are not the result of tripping, but of not being able to hold up one's own body.

And good posture, of course. Pilates helps with that, too.

[VeloVT]

Oh, JessMarimba's post reminded me, I may have had a tad of "gluteal amnesia" too . This was a few years ago now, but I remember during the assessment I was asked to resist something and then point to the muscle I was using to do it... I had no trouble resisting, but apparently (out of habit, again) I was using gluteus maximus instead of the gluteus medius that I should have been using. The "easy" exercises I mentioned above were to get my gluteus medius to fire. Again, not really weakness (my one-legged squats were excellent, apparently) -- just not recruiting appropriately, if that makes sense.

I wish I could afford a PT to oversee my training (even when I'm not injured). PT is the awesomest thing ever.

[PscyclePath]

Have never heard of it... but I confess I had about the same reaction Tulip did; it sounds like you lost your butt, and forgot where you left it.