https://vimeo.com/357987071 Extremely effective drills for isolating and activating Gluteus Medius and Maximus - the use of the kneeling position, plus opposite side loading are key tricks to force Glutes to fire and burn... Safe and very effective for all hips!
Otherwise known as the "Figure 4 Hip Test", it very quickly tells you if the affected or painful hip is blocked / stiff as part of the problem - meaning that Hip Mobility drills would be warranted (such as other…
Now, if there was to be one thing I would stress with all Gluteus Medius drills where the tendon or the hip is sore, is to begin in an inner range position. Question for you then: Which of these two positions (left…
So we have the last of the Rehab Combos for you today…especially useful for ALL running sports as a warm-up….and if you are carrying niggling injuries from your running! Loosening the TFL (hip flexor and internal rotator) comes first ……
Did you get the concept for Achilles Tendon compression pain from the two pictures in last week’s newsletter? Limit "loaded end of range dorsiflexion”. Not sure what that means? - well you’ll have to wait until after our next Stretchband Mobility…
Today - myofascial and trigger point releasing for Gluteus Medius / Maximus and Piriformis. We said last week that triggers and hypersensitivity in these muscles muscles will keep your Hamstrings overactive and on high alert…affecting the Grumpy Knee. I remember always having…
Unedited teaching time from a few years back! Teaching in jeans?? Hahahaaa
What a massive area of myofascial tightness most of us carry in our posterior chain! Whether that be hamstrings, adductors, piriformis or even glutes - any of them may have become too overloaded and tight, and consequently affecting negatively how…
THE "BROOKLYN BRIDGE" FOR GLUTEUS MEDIUS How was the “Double Ball Wrestle” for you last week...If your Glutes aren’t burning yet, then you might need a Total Hip Replacement!! ;0 OK, Progression #3 for Gluteus Medius is a little more involved, with…
THE "DOUBLE BALL WRESTLE" FOR GLUTEUS MEDIUS Have you tried the incredible “Donkey Clam” from last week yet?? It’s Progression #1 for starting very weak clients on Gluteus Medius hip stabilisation training. You’ll get left behind as Chris Mallac progresses you through…
THE "DONKEY CLAM" FOR GLUTEUS MEDIUS So what’s the take-home message coming through from all our newsletters and videos from the last couple of months? All the running technique errors, lower limb muscle imbalances, and weakness on testing, leads us to….…
The APA Physiotherapy conference devoted a small amount of time to a topic that fascinates me - hip muscle strength ratios; and the speaker was a Specialised Sports Physiotherapist who now is full-time doing research in the UAE with International…
We are staying with finding Gold Nuggets from the the Australian Physiotherapy Conference for this week and next (even though all the Physios have actually long gone home by now!)…. Our material this time comes from an extremely highly regarded…
How's your Trendy Hip? Did you know that most people have one hip that is more "Trendy" than the other? One hip may demonstrate what textbooks have long called 'The Trendelenburg Sign" - or as we like to say, be…
Many good thinkers have understood the Hip musculature to be the main driver of movement for the knee (and to a certain degree, the foot) - but what if the hip movement is dominated by a relatively small and overactive…
