Manual Therapy for the Piriformis and Quadratus Lumborum… – Peggy Lamb

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Your work with lower back pain can give patients their lives back, allowing them to once again enjoy the things that debilitating pain had taken from them.

The piriformis and quadratus lumborum, often-missed muscles in back and pelvic pain, can mimic other dysfunctions frustrating your ability to identify the root of your patients’ problem.

Not only that, the piriformis and quadratus lumborum are difficult muscles to palpate, leaving you feeling hesitant and uncertain in your treatment plan.

Don’t go down the wrong treatment path, feeling defeated and worried that your client will face surgery that you can help them avoid.

Feel your confidence grow and your skills sharpen as you gain new, evidence-based strategies to release the quadratus Lumborum and piriformis and stop the pain in as little as 4 to 6 sessions.

Identify the root of the problem the first time by using special assessment tests and measures, so you can address the pain and restore function quicker. Utilizing case studies and demonstration lab time, you will walk away after watching this recording immediately ready to confidently tackle low back and pelvis pain in your patients.

Peggy Lamb, LMT, has spent the last 30 plus years as a manual therapist. In that time, she has treated numerous low back and pelvic dysfunctions by effectively releasing these two difficult and often overlooked muscles, giving her patients a new lease on life. Her experience and knowledge will allow you to do the same for your patients.

Purchase today to confidently and effectively treat low back and pelvic pain in your patients!

1. Classify the anatomy of the low back and pelvis and what roles the piriformis and quadratus lumborum play.
2. Identify assessment tests for a short piriformis and piriformis syndrome.
3. Examine trigger point referral patterns of the piriformis and quadratus lumborum.
4. Practice techniques for palpating, stretching, and releasing the piriformis and lateral rotators.
5. Create plan of care using standing, prone, and side-lying techniques to gently and effectively release the quadratus lumborum and ultimately save your hands.
6. Discuss strategies for avoiding reoccurring injuries of the low back and pelvis.

UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF THE PIRIFORMIS AND QUADRATUS LUMBORUM

• How the piriformis and the quadratus lumborum impact the SIJ
• The biomechanics of the pelvis
• Why low back pain is simple yet complex
• Impact of spinal curves and coupled spinal movement
• Sacral movement and its relationship to the piriformis

HOW BEST TO RELEASE THE PIRIFORMIS AND QUADRATUS LUMBORUM

• Importance of patient education and safety
• Muscle swimming – unique combination of several manual therapies
• Positional release: a safe alternative to direct palpation
• Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)
• Case studies

PIRIFORMIS AND DEEP LATERAL ROTATORS

UPGRADE YOUR ASSESSMENT TESTS TO FIND THE ROOT CAUSE FASTER

• Short piriformis
• Piriformis syndrome
• Positional release
• MEG technique for short piriformis
• Demonstration and practice: LAB

TECHNIQUES TO REACH THE PAIN, ELIMINATE IT AND RESTORE FUNCTIONS

• Pin and rock technique
• Pin and move technique on trigger points
• Cupping
• Assisted table stretch for piriformis
• Demonstration and practice: LAB

QUADRATUS LUMBORUM

UPGRADE YOUR ASSESSMENT TESTS TO FIND THE ROOT CAUSE FASTER

• High iliac crest
• MET corrects for high iliac crest
• Positional release for short quadratus lumborum
• Demonstration and practice: LAB

STRATEGIES TO REACH THE PAIN, ELIMINATE IT AND RESTORE FUNCTION

• Standing techniques
  • Assessment of QL length from side-bending
  • Standing papation
  • Demonstration and practice: LAB
• Prone techniques
  • Skin rolling
  • Warming the tissue
  • Assessing the tissue
  • Cupping
  • Demonstration and practice: LAB
• Side-lying techniques
  • Fascial lengthening
  • Warming the tissue
  • Practice muscle swimming strategies for release
  • Pin and rock
  • Cupping
  • Pin and move technique on TP’s
  • Demonstration and practice: LAB
• Additional techniques to create new neuromuscular pathways
  • Stretching techniques
  • Demonstration and practice: LAB