I have been banging my head against this supposed dysfunction since 2004! 15 years! We wrote a paper ( here and blog here)looking at the concept of the Gluteus Maximus being inhibited and found that it is “inhibited” or late to turn on in everyone. I might sound jaded - I’m not, I’m just tired. Many of our patients feel broken enough without adding on imaginary dysfunctions. We really don't need to elevate the importance of one muscle over another and I don't think we need to create pathology where one doesn't exist. that the Glutes are no more important than other hip extensor muscle. the Glutes are no more likely to become inhibited than any other muscle that we possess andĢ.
The idea that many people have inhibited Glute muscles has essentially become a truism and yet it doesn't have a lot of research support for it. Its like hearing about a Unicorn parade from my 5 year old when her source was the Tooth Fairy. So, essential people have argued for the existence of something (Glut Max not turning on) with a dysfunctional postural theory (the lower crossed syndrome) that does not exist either. This sees the person with "tight" hip flexors, tight erector spine, "long" and weak abdominal muscles and weak Gluteus Maximus muscles. These ideas started with Vladimir Janda decades ago and are assumed to manifest themselves in a postural position called the lower crossed syndrome. It is also commonly suggested that that inhibition will also lead to a weak muscle in the future Meaning, it tests weak but it has the potential to be strong if only the person could learn to "turn it on". There is the idea that the Gluteus Maximus is a muscle prone to becoming inhibited.
You’d think there was a lot of research to support it. You hear that? Your Glute muscle “forgets” what to do? This concept is pretty rampant in the fitness and health world. Open a fitness magazine and you will read quotes like this:īecause we sit on our butt all day, it sometimes forgets what it's supposed to do when we go to run. I had to cancel my Runner's World subscription because the onslaught of glute inhibition articles was too depressing and I chose avoidance as my coping mechanism.
From my extremely unscientific observation it appears that 67-74% of my patients have been told their glutes are inhibited and don’t work properly.
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