Psychostructural+Kidney+Meridian

Psoas major * Origin: 1. transverse processes of L1-L5 2. vertebral bodies of T12-L4 and the intervening intervertebral discs * Insertion: iliopsoas tendon to the lesser trochanter of the femur * Action: 1. hip flexion 2. lateral rotation * Blood: muscular branches of medial femoral circumflex artery * Nerve: ventral rami, L1,2,3
 * Kidney || Water || Tonify: KI7 || Sedate: KI1 || Iliopsoas ||

Illiacus

* Origin: inner surface of upper iliac fossa * Insertion: iliopsoas tendon to the lesser trochanter of the femur * Action: 1. powerful hip flexion 2. lateral rotation * Blood: muscular branches of medial femoral circumflex artery * Nerve: femoral nerve, L3,4

Trigger Points: SP-15, GB-27, LR-11, LR-12

One in which the pelvis is retracted, or held back. The individual is unable to release. A great charge has been gathered in the pelvic region but is unable to swing forward. We may use the analogy of a gun cocked, and ready to fire... these individuals may be viewed as afraid to let things go, since the high charge they are carrying may be sensed as explosive. This anxiety is often associated with the question "What will happen if I let go?" When such an individual is asked to describe what might happen, the reply is often "I don't really know" The sense is one of an unknown force. Further examination often reveals fears of sexual promiscuity or violence toward others. In general a tight, contracted, small pelvis is associated with either immaturity and a lack of development and feelings of sexuality and instinctual drive [po], or of a strong containment of these instinctual feelings. At the other extreme (particularly in women) we find the pelvis to be excessively wide. Here the sacral bone is pushed forward, spreading the pelvis. Women possessing this structure, in our experience tend to be matronly, in a sense, hyperfemale, with a great deal of great warmth. For them the pelvis is a repository of tenderness and nourishment. Associated with the increased width of the pelvis, are piled up, soft, pasty hips, buttocks, and thighs. We conceive of this flabbiness as an exaggeration of the passive-receptive position and have many women who indeed fill this image. They are almost archetypal figures... Others while possessing this fundamental trait, struggle with this passivity and attempt to overcome their flabbiness with action, whereby a nice harmony between receptivity nd action results. In others, such attempts most often end in feelings of hurt and frustration." (The Body Reveals)