The Vital Glutes & Psoas 

What the course involves

Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques

The Vital Glutes & Psoas Course

Part of the Bodymaster Method® Diploma

 

The Vital Glutes & Psoas online course is a must for any therapist or student in the field of sports therapy, osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, yoga, pilates and functional anatomy.

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I'm the creator of the Bodymaster Method® Diploma. I've years of experience lecturing post-graduate professionals worldwide to become the 'go-to' therapist in their area. My courses are built on everything I have learned as an osteopath, writer, researcher and lecturer. The Bodymaster method® is different from what you learned at university. At university, you are taught to look at the site of pain, possibly perform hands-on therapy, and load the tissue with eccentric loading. The Bodymaster method® teaches you to look at your client as a whole person, not just the site of pain.

 

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In this course you will learn how to identify specific soft tissue dysfunction and weakness within the gluteal & psoas musculo-skeletal system, and how to harness powerful Muscle Energy Techniques (METs) and specific exercises to restore function to your athletes and patients.

In The Vital Glutes & Psoas Masterclass osteopath, author and respected bodywork specialist John Gibbons looks at two of the most neglected areas of the body: the gluteal & psoas muscles. He will personally take will take you on a fascinating journey of enlightenment, teaching you how to recognise pain and the dysfunctional movement patterns that can arise from dysfunctions found within the gluteal & psoas muscles

John will teach you functional anatomy and the biomechanics of the kinetic chain and the link to the gluteal & psoas muscles and how they relate to pain and dysfunction to distant sites of the body. Once that has been understood, he takes you on a fascinating journey to functionally assess the firing patterns of the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius as well as specific muscle length tests that can alter the position of the pelvis and lumbar spine (with the psoas naturally being one of them.

  • Why or how are the glutes potentially causing pain and dysfunction to distant sites of the body?

  • How does the gait pattern contribute to pain and dysfunction? 

  • How can the application of gluteal-psoas-specific Muscle Energy Techniques aid whole-body well-being?

All these questions, plus more, are answered during this course!

On completion of the course you will understand:

โž” Why or how are the glutes potentially causing pain and dysfunction to distant sites of the body?

โž” How does the gait pattern contribute to pain and dysfunction? 

โž” How can the application of gluteal-psoas-specific Muscle Energy Techniques aid whole-body well-being?

All these questions, plus more, are answered during this course!

The Bodymaster Method® is accredited by the Sports Therapy Organisation (STO)

Accredited:

โž” The Bodymaster Method® is accredited by the Sports Therapy Organisation (STO)

 

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What You’ll Learn

 

โž” Case study linking the pelvis to the shoulder

โž” Tonic vs Phasic muscles/Outer Core Unit/Myofascial Slings

โž” The Gait Cycle & its relationship to the upper and lower extremities

โž” Functional anatomy of the Gmax

โž” Functional anatomy of the Gmed

โž” Functional anatomy of the iliopsoas muscle

โž” Spinal mechanics of the pelvis and lumbar spine

โž” Force and form closure

โž” Causes of a mis-firing Gmax and Gmed

โž” Disc pathology: L4, L5 and S1 nerve root pathologies

โž” Malalignment syndrome of the pelvic girdle

โž” Gmax & Gmed and their relationship to lower/upper limb pain

โž” Case study looking at Gmed its link to the opposite quadratus lumborum muscle

โž” How the hip joint relates to the gluteal-psoas musculature and back and knee pain

โž” Pelvis muscle length tests: psoas, rectus femoris, adductors & TFL

โž” Treatment of hypertonic muscles using specific modalities of MET

โž” Specific Gmax and Gmed exercises

Theory & Practical

โž” Anatomy video: Gmax

โž” Hip extension firing pattern sequence

โž” Anatomy video: Gmed

โž” Hip abduction firing pattern sequence 

โž” Malalignment syndrome of the pelvic girdle

โž” Gmax & Gmed and their relationship to lower/upper limb pain

โž” Hip joint pathologies: labral tear and FAI 

โž” How the hip joint relates to the gluteal-psoas musculature

โž” Knee and ankle anatomy and the link to the glutes 

โž” Lumbar spine anatomy and the relationship to the glutes 

โž” Pelvis muscle length tests:  psoas, rectus femoris, adductors and TFL

โž” Treatment of hypertonic muscles using specific modalities of MET

โž” Disc pathology tests for L4, L5 and S1 nerve root pathology

โž” Neurological screening: lower limb reflexes

โž” Myotome testing

โž” Specific Gmax and Gmed exercises

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