Release the Iliopsoas: Strategies to Stop the Pain in as Little as 4-6 Sessions – Peggy Lamb

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

But the iliopsoas, the biggest factor in low back or pelvis pain, can mimic numerous back and hip dysfunctions frustrating your ability to identify the root of your clients’ problem.

Not only that, but the iliopsoas is a difficult muscle to palpate, leaving you feeling hesitant and uncertain in your treatment plan. Ultimately, you can find yourself going down the wrong treatment path, feeling defeated and worried that your client will face surgery that you can have helped them avoid.

Feel your confidence grow and your skills sharpen as you gain new, evidence-based strategies to release the iliopsoas 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’ll finish this recording immediately ready to confidently tackle low back and pelvis pain in your clients.

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 the iliopsoas, giving her clients a new lease on life.

Her experience and knowledge will allow you to also safely and gently release the fascial tissue so you can easily and confidently do the same for your clients.

1. Review the anatomy of the low back and pelvis and what role the iliopsoas plays.
2. Identify assessment tests for a short iliopsoas and rotated pelvis.
3. Examine trigger point referral patterns of the iliopsoas.
4. Practice techniques for palpating, stretching, and releasing the iliopsoas and secondary thigh flexors.
5. Incorporate trigger point, myofascial, and deep tissue techniques to gently and effectively release the iliopsoas/secondary thigh flexors and ultimately save your hands.
6. Discuss strategies for avoiding reoccurring injuries of the low back and pelvis.

THE ROLE OF THE ILIOPSOAS IN LOW BACK AND PELVIS HEALTH

• Anatomy of the iliopsoas
• Role of the iliopsoas in joint centration
• Case and prevention of low back pain as related to the iliopsoas

HOW BEST TO TREAT THE ILIOPSOAS

• Importance of client 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

ASSESSMENT TESTS FOR THE ILIOPSOAS – LAB

• How to best test for short psoas
• How to best test for pelvic rotation
• Positional release for short psoas
• MET corrections for pelvic rotation
• Demo and Practice: examination for short psoas and pelvic rotations

STRATEGIES FOR THE SECONDARY THIGH FLEXORS – LAB

• Identification of common trigger points in secondary thigh flexors
• Palpation of secondary thigh flexors
• Demo and Practice: techniques to release secondary thigh flexors

STRATEGIES FOR THE ILIOPSOAS – LAB

• Identification of common trigger points in the iliopsoas
• Palpation of the iliopsoas
• How to best “swim” through abdominal muscles
• Demo and Practice: techniques to release the iliopsoas