Lower back patients present with complex and multiple conditions that can be challenging to diagnose and treat. What do you need to know to be successful as a hands-on practitioner treating lower backs?
Join us for Module Two of Low Force Mobilization: Lumbar Spine, Pelvis and Hips. During this 14-hour course, I'll give you a comprehensive overview of the lower back.
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Consider the following questions:
Do you know where in the lower back you need to enhance stability and where you need to enhance mobility — and how to test for it? Learn the basics of applying the Joint-by-Joint approach to assess and facilitate stability and mobility, including basic functional training and selected isolated core training.
Have you ever had a patient with acute back pain flinch when you touched them? Get a deeper understanding of a lighter-touch approach, including how to get more information with a gentler initial touch and how to apply this knowledge to low-force mobilization.
Are you familiar with the two most common patterns of hip dysfunction? Learn how to tell the hypermobile “young female” hip — which creates stress at the knee, hip and lower back — from the rigid “older male” hip — associated with hip DJD, and which contributes to discogenic or sacro-iliac pain, and how to design an exercise program knowing how to treat these two different patterns.
Can you tell the difference between joint hypermobility versus restriction in the sacro-iliac region? Learn how to assess which joints are hypermobile and which are hypomobile (stuck and need releasing). Understand how to use low-force mobilization, primarily Muscle Energy (post-isometric relaxation applied to joint dysfunction) to reset this area.
Do you know which ligaments and tendons are critical in stabilizing the low back and pelvis? Learn where, when, and how to apply Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization to enhance and restart first-stage healing and restore stability.
Can you identify axial discogenic pain; do you know how to treat this often-missed condition? Learn how to identify those at special risk, and how to use decompression and extension exercises to treat the disc — including which structures may need mobilization versus stabilization.
Can you tell when the lower thoracic spine is the source of low back and pelvic pain? Learn the secret trigger point that clues you to this condition, and how to assess and treat this pattern.
At the end of the course, you will: