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Treating Common Back Pain
Trigger Point Treatment - Erector Spinae The erector spinae muscles are constantly working - most people will develop trigger points here - a common and easily treated cause...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating a Herniated Disc
Treating Gluteus Maximus Trigger Points - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner (Video: Edited extract from NAT "Treating Lower Back Pain" Trigger Point Course Presented by Dr. Jonathan Kuttner) Treating Back...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Gluteus Medius
Stuart Hinds presents a technique for using tape to provide an off-loading effect when treating trigger points in Glute Med. Taping for Trigger Points - CE/CPD Course ...
Lower Back Pain - Strengthening the Abdominals
Rectus Abdominis Trigger Points - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Treating Low Back Pain Trigger Points - Where to Start? The abdominals are mostly responsible for the health of...
Self Help Tips for a Herniated Disc
What is a Prolapsed (Herniated) Disc? - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner It's possible to have a herniated disk without any symptoms - but when they hurt, they tend to hurt bad!...
Trigger Point Therapy - Degenerative Disc Disease
Unlike the muscles in the back, the discs of the lumbar spine do not have a natural blood supply and therefore cannot heal themselves; the painful symptoms of DDD can...
Taping for Trigger Points - Lower Back Pain
Taping for Lower Back Pain - Stuart Hinds Over 30 million Americans experience low-back pain at any given time! According to the report Global Burden of Disease (2010) lower back pain...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating The Abdominals
Treating the Abdominals - Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Trigger points in the abdominals are common. These are "vanity" muscles, and are often enthusiastically overworked. In these cases especially,...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Kyphosis and Thoracic Spine Mobility
Studies have shown that it's the stiffness that most often causes injuries, rather than the Kyphosis itself. Maintaining and attaining mobility in your thoracic spine is a good...
Trigger Point Therapy - Chronic Back Pain and Holding Patterns
Dr. Jonathan Kuttner - Winner of the 2014 NAMTPT Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy Trigger Point TV Dr Jonathan Kuttner (MBBCH,...
Thoracolumbar Fascia and Its Relationship to the Gmax
The thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) is a thick, strong sheet of a ligamentous type of connective tissue, which connects with, and covers, the muscles of the trunk, hips, and shoulders. The...
Testing for Leg Length Discrepancy
John Gibbons - Sports Osteopath and Lecturer Leg length discrepancies are typically classified either "structural" or "functional" Leg length discrepancies are typically classified as structural or functional. A structural discrepancy is...
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