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.
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.
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Why or how are the glutes potentially causing pain and dysfunction to distant sites of the body?
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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:
➔ 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!
The Bodymaster Method® is accredited by the Sports Therapy Organisation (STO)
Accredited:
➔ The Bodymaster Method® is accredited by the Sports Therapy Organisation (STO)
What You’ll Learn
➔ Case study linking the pelvis to the shoulder
➔ Tonic vs Phasic muscles/Outer Core Unit/Myofascial Slings
➔ The Gait Cycle & its relationship to the upper and lower extremities
➔ Functional anatomy of the Gmax
➔ Functional anatomy of the Gmed
➔ Functional anatomy of the iliopsoas muscle
➔ Spinal mechanics of the pelvis and lumbar spine
➔ Force and form closure
➔ Causes of a mis-firing Gmax and Gmed
➔ Disc pathology: L4, L5 and S1 nerve root pathologies
➔ Malalignment syndrome of the pelvic girdle
➔ Gmax & Gmed and their relationship to lower/upper limb pain
➔ Case study looking at Gmed its link to the opposite quadratus lumborum muscle
➔ How the hip joint relates to the gluteal-psoas musculature and back and knee pain
➔ Pelvis muscle length tests: psoas, rectus femoris, adductors & TFL
➔ Treatment of hypertonic muscles using specific modalities of MET
➔ Specific Gmax and Gmed exercises
Theory & Practical
➔ Anatomy video: Gmax
➔ Hip extension firing pattern sequence
➔ Anatomy video: Gmed
➔ Hip abduction firing pattern sequence
➔ Malalignment syndrome of the pelvic girdle
➔ Gmax & Gmed and their relationship to lower/upper limb pain
➔ Hip joint pathologies: labral tear and FAI
➔ How the hip joint relates to the gluteal-psoas musculature
➔ Knee and ankle anatomy and the link to the glutes
➔ Lumbar spine anatomy and the relationship to the glutes
➔ Pelvis muscle length tests: psoas, rectus femoris, adductors and TFL
➔ Treatment of hypertonic muscles using specific modalities of MET
➔ Disc pathology tests for L4, L5 and S1 nerve root pathology
➔ Neurological screening: lower limb reflexes
➔ Myotome testing
➔ Specific Gmax and Gmed exercises
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