Manual Therapy for the Piriformis & Quadratus Lumborum – Peggy Lamb
- Faculty:
- Peggy Lamb
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 5 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Dec 13, 2019
Description
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!
Handouts
| Manual – Manual Therapy for the Piriformis & Quadratus Lumborum (7 MB) | 66 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
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
Faculty
Peggy Lamb, MA, LMT, BCTMB Related seminars and products: 4
PEGGY LAMB, MA, LMT, BCTMB, has been practicing massage since 1986 and is certified through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. She currently owns a private massage and movement therapy business, where she practices when she’s not touring the country speaking.
Ms. Lamb received her initial training at the New Mexico Academy of Massage and Advanced Healing Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and at Wellness Skills, Inc., in Dallas, Texas. She taught clinical anatomy and physiology, trigger point therapy, and Swedish techniques at Wellness Skills, Inc., in Dallas and at Texas Healing Arts Institute in Austin.
In addition to her extensive training in massage therapy, Ms. Lamb holds a master’s degree in dance from American University in Washington, DC, where the concepts to body movement have been instrumental in her work with the core and low back. She also teaches dance and yoga and is a personal trainer.
She is the author of Releasing the Rotator Cuff, The Core of the Matter: Releasing the Iliopsoas and Quadratus Lumborum, and Stretch Your Clients: The Bodyworker’s Guide to Client Table Stretches. Ms. Lamb brings her eclectic and extensive background into her teaching for an enlightening and enjoyable learning experience.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Peggy Lamb maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Peggy Lamb has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
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