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PT tip of the month
Quadratus Lumborum Treatment
using Strain-Counterstrain
As you know, the Q L may be the cause of a nagging back ache. Patients may get up from sitting and feel like they can't straighten up for a few seconds before they finally achieve upright posture.
This short video gives a good look at how to release/diminish the tender or trigger points that are sometimes harbored in the Q L. It can be released using many different techniques, but here are my two favorites. By no means is this the only thing to do, as back pain is a multifaceted and sometimes quite complicated issue. Still, being able to calm a major back muscle down can be very helpful.
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Questions from the Mail Room
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Q: Tom, I am writing to ask you a couple of questions. I have an adult patient with
torticollis affecting the right SCM. It has been present for several months and has
been getting worse. She has had injections including Botox which has not helped.
She was referred to us several weeks ago and we have begun treatment consisting of massage/myofascial release, ... MET stretching of the SCM, lower cervical mobilization of restrictions and HEP consisting of postural exercise and strengthening of the upper T-spine. She has been seen three times over the past ten days and has not noticed any change in her symptoms. Can you offer any further suggestions?
As always, I appreciate your help.
Paul B., PT
A: Hi Paul,
My go to technique is counterstrain for the SCM. If you are working on the R counterstrain which means they are looking to the L. So in supine, take the head to full available L rotation and as much flexion (which actually looks like side bend at that point) until the muscles attachment at the SCJ is not tender. Hold for 90 seconds. It's tough on your wrist to hold for 90 seconds so rest the head partially on your chest.
If you have micro-current I would also use that at 30Hz for 10 min and .3 Hz for 10-20 min. Then work on active Rotation to the Right side to strengthen the likely inhibited L SCM.
Please let me know how these work for your patient Paul. I can always count on you to make my brain work!
Tom Ockler, PT
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Our Seminars
For those of you who have taken Muscle Energy courses before and are still struggling... Or if you have never taken a Muscle Energy course because you heard it was too hard... These are the courses for you.
Muscle Energy Technique is one of the most effective and valuable manual techniques for the identification and correction of somatic asymmetry and hypomobility. These techniques can be used immediately to find and correct the causes of all types of pain. These are not cover up procedures, but rather techniques that cure the problem with dramatic results.
Unlike manipulative therapies, which presume joints are stuck out of place by some physiologic glue, the beauty of Muscle Energy is that it works through an evidence-based neuro physiologic principle. And that is the joints are held out of place by muscles that have too much tone.
In his 34 years of clinical practice, Tom Ockler P.T. has had extensive teaching experience throughout the United States, Canada, England and Australia.
As a teacher, Tom has earned the nickname "The Patch Adams of Physical Therapy" due to his unique style of injecting humor into complicated subjects. He has developed teaching methods that explain very complicated subjects in easily understandable formats. His five teaching manuals have been hailed by students as the "most user-friendly and useful Muscle Energy manuals ever."
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