Pelvic Position
(Part 1)

Excessive Anterior Pelvic Tilt 

(with an exaggerated lumbar lordosis) 

Assessing pelvic static posture (Part 1)

 Identify and help correct excessive anterior pelvic tilt

Anterior Pelvic Tilt 

Check to see if your client has a pronounced arching of their lumbar spine, (hyperlordosis), or if there is a diminution of spinal lordosis, (straightening or flattening).

Is when the front of the pelvis (ASIS*) drops in relation to the back of the pelvis (PSIS*). An increased anterior pelvic tilt is linked to an increase of lumbar lordosis 

(Janda 1987; Janda, Frank and Liebenson 2007). 

At-a-glance Summary

Possible Weak Muscles: Rectus abdominis, Gluteus maximus, Hamstrings. 

Possible Tight Muscles: Psoas, Quadriceps, Lumbar extensors.

Good to know: People with an excessive lumbar lordosis are more susceptible to facet joint irritation which will have them complaining of a horizontal bar of pain across their lower back.

Lumbar spine hyperlordosis: an abnormal inward concave lordotic curving of the lumbar spine

Cervical spine hyperlordosis: an abnormal inward concave lordotic curving of the cervical spine

*ASIS: Anterior Superior Iliac Spine). *PSIS: Posterior Superior Iliac Spine).

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