The Soas: A Hip Flexor

The soas is really day-to-day a lumbar stabilizer more than it is a hip flexor. It's helping your spine stay upright and to be a shock absorber you can think about the soas as it lays in there. If you're listening to this podcast sitting your soas is not working it's not actively flexing your hips like your hips are already flexed probably if you're sitting listening to thisYour hips are flexed so the soas is in a short position but it's not acting in this moment right  it's much more of a part of the dynamic the body's dynamic system to absorb gravitational stress and stay upright.