Hab-it Blog

I was just working with a patient, coaching her on posture, and found myself explaining how the multifidi and transversus abdominus muscles fight against one another. Our conversation went something like this:
She asked, “So you want me to exaggerate the curve of my lower back?”
I said: “That is just the first step. I [...]

I am in pain after doing just the first workout (my lower back is really achy). Does that mean I did something wrong?
Your back is likely aching because your TA (transversus abdominus) has not been activated much as of late or maybe ever. Your TA wraps around and attaches to the fascia [...]