Functional Integrative Rehabilitation Education
educational investments that pay clinical dividends
Dr Ivo Waerlop
The Extensor Hallucis Brevis
A primary descender of the 1st ray
Look at this beautiful muscle in a foot that has not yet been exposed to hard planar surfaces and shoes that limit or alter motion!
The Extensor Hallicus Brevis, or EHB (beautifully pictured above causing the extension (dorsiflexion) of the my son's proximal big toe) is an important muscle for descending the . . .
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Needling and Instability
As people who needle, we often emphasize needling the paraspinal muscles associated with the segemental innervation of the peripheral muscle you are needling. For example, you may needle the L2-L4 paraspinals (ie: femoral nerve distribution) along with the quads, or perhaps the C2 PPD’s along with the suboccipitals. We do . . .
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