Stabilizing the Core & the SI Joint: A Manual Therapy Approach By Peggy Lamb
Restoring a Stable Base
The sacrum is the cornerstone through which the weight of the upper body flows. Eighty-five percent of the population experiences pain directly related to SI joint dysfunction, which connects the sacrum to the pelvis. When the SI joint works in harmony with the pelvis, a wonderful self-locking device develops allowing us to move with ease and power.
Instructor Peggy Lamb will guide you through innovative and comprehensive strategies, including osteopathic-derived muscle energy techniques and neuromuscular therapy to restore the core and the SI joint. This lab-intensive recording is essential for anyone who uses manual therapy to achieve optimal outcomes for their clients.
- Review the anatomy and the dynamic nature of the sacrum and SI joint
- Describe the causes of sacroiliac pain and dysfunction
- Identify assessment tests of the SI joint and core stabilizing tissue
- Evaluate SI joint up-slips and corrections
- Practice techniques for restoring SI joint, sacral, and core function and mobility
- Apply strategies for resolving functional scoliosis and sciatica
ANATOMY: OVERVIEW
- Understanding spinal curvatures
- The architecture of the pelvis
- Impact of ligaments, body position, and gender on the sacrum
- Articulating surfaces
- Nutation/counter-nutation
- Causes of SI joint dysfunction
ASSESSMENT TESTS (LAB)
- Test for iliac crest
- Test for sacral torsion
- Test for pubic bone
- Test for SI joint up-slip
- Test for leg length difference
COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW AND DEMONSTRATION OF MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUES (LAB)
- Correction for sacral torsion
- Correction for iliac crest
- Correction for SI joint up-slip
- Correction for pubic bone
MUSCLE SWIMMING/DEEP TISSUE STRATEGIES (LAB)
- Piriformis/external rotators and/or quadratus lumborum
What is health?
In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source defined health with a phrase that modern authorities still apply.
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
In 1986, the WHOTrusted Source made further clarifications:
“A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”
This means that health is a resource to support an individual’s function in wider society, rather than an end in itself. A healthful lifestyle provides the means to lead a full life with meaning and purpose.
In 2009, researchers publishing inThe LancetTrusted Source defined health as the ability of a body to adapt to new threats and infirmities.
They base this definition on the idea that the past few decades have seen modern science take significant strides in the awareness of diseases by understanding how they work, discovering new ways to slow or stop them, and acknowledging that an absence of pathology may not be possible.
Stabilizing the Core & the SI Joint: A Manual Therapy Approach By Peggy Lamb
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