https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1quP2pgJTc&feature=youtu.be Every day we see the forward head posture and neck dysfunctions. Yes, there are many reasons that people get headaches. But one of the main culprits is the sub-occipitals. Exaggerated forward head posture creates increased cervical lordosis and to keep the eyes from looking down the client must hyperextend at the Occipital Atlanto joint …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmBtr7fgpY0&feature=youtu.be The splenius capitis and cervicis have an important role and a hard one at that when clients have the forward head posture. Like some of the erector muscles that run parallel with the spine these splenius muscles travel in an oblique direction or in a diagonal zone. Unilaterally they can sidebend and rotate the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eROABtNKn3I&feature=youtu.be When evaluating the upper cross strain patterns or nerve dysfunction traveling don the arm, be sure to take a look at pec minor. This is one of the most important muscles to treat when your client comes in with the upper cross strain patterns. Pectoralis minor is a major player when it comes to …
It is important to look at the thoracolumbar junction mainly the latissimus dorsi. Why? Well this muscle connects the shoulder girdle to the pelvis and is involved with lumbopelvic mechanics. Techniques that open up constricted chest wall soft tissues also reciprocally strengthen the lower shoulder stabilizers. Likewise, lengthening hypertonic lats and subscapularis muscles reciprocally strengthen …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYkgQ1M-Rko&feature=youtu.be Most of us can agree that one of the major complaints we see as manual therapists is shoulder dysfunction or pain between the shoulder blades. Sometimes this can be caused by trauma but mostly we are going to see kyphosis which is the rounded back caused by upper cross strain patterns where restrictions occur …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PyGtWjDTa6Q Introduction Based on the foundational work of Erik Dalton’s Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT), Grey Cook’s Functional Movement Screen (FMS), and the Gait Guys. During movements that involve flexion, extension, and sidebending, the ligaments of the pelvis have very important roles stabilizing the hips and lumbar spine. One of these ligaments is the iliolumbar ligament. …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9QnXFPJoeYY Introduction Based on the foundational work of Erik Dalton’s Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT), Grey Cook’s Functional Movement Screen (FMS), and the Gait Guys. As manual therapists, we get recurring complaints of knee pain. Often, we hear the complaint is on the left side. Why? Is it a true knee issue, a hip issue, or …
Introduction Based on the foundational work of Erik Dalton’s Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT), Grey Cook’s Functional Movement Screen (FMS), and the Gait Guys. When a client comes in with shoulder pain, how many of us do assessments? Being capable of performing 10 movements – some say 11 depending on if you look at the scapulothoracic …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mXZi3s2lWt4 Based on the foundational work of Erik Dalton’s Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT), Grey Cook’s Functional Movement Screen (FMS), and the Gait Guys. Over the past years, there has been a lot of talk about the importance of thoracic mobility. According to some research, when there is a thoracic mobility issue the suggestion is to …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bszhMVRGzWw Based on the foundational work of Erik Dalton’s Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT), Grey Cook’s Functional Movement Screen (FMS), and the Gait Guys. Based on the foundational work of Erik Dalton’s Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT), Grey Cook’s Functional Movement Screen (FMS), and the Gait Guys. Many manual therapists, chiropractors, physical therapists, and trainers agree that …