My Sartorius Birthday

My Sartorius Birthday (instead of my Notorious Birthday :) was the event that helped me discover the importance of the Sartorius muscle. For my birthday in 2014, I participated in a fun-filled day in a grueling obstacle/zip-lining course for 3 hours with friends. The end result....me limping away. What a bummer :( I didn't realize that this would start a long road to recovery. The intensiveness of the day plus the routine stress on my body lead to a left hip flexor injury that would take almost 15 months to heal. After months of resting, I was ready for massage.

My massage therapist noted that my right Sartorius muscle was extremely tight. This muscle is located on the front aspect of your thigh. It attaches from the front of your hip, crosses the front of your thigh, to the inside of your knee/lower leg. You ask why this is so important to my recovery??

I had just been focusing on the rehab of my hip flexor and didn't realize that the tightness of this muscle was hindering progress. I youtube'd Sartorius stretching and finally found one that I could do by myself. After stretching it consistently for a while, my hip flexor started to gain momentum with healing. It felt better and better because I had discovered the importance of the Sartorius. Ah ha!!

All in all, I am glad to have had that awesome day with my friends and because of it I found something that may help someone else. If you find that you have tight hip flexors or if you are dealing with an injured hip flexor, talk with your chiropractor about your specific treatment plan and if you could benefit from stretching or receiving massage to the Sartorius area. Come on....stretching isn't that bad..... :)

A regular quad stretch won't do the trick! Click here to find Sartorius stretching on youtube!

*This is an informational blog only and shouldn't be construed as a substitute for medical examination, diagnosis, and/or treatment, and that you should see a medical physician, chiropractic doctor, or other health care specialist to address concerns that are outside the massage therapist's scope of practice.