Functional Integrative Rehabilitation Education
educational investments that pay clinical dividends
Dr Ivo Waerlop
Toes in for squats?
Sometimes it’s OK for “toes in“ squats...
I often hear from folks and also read on a lot of blogs and articles about whether your toes should be in or out for squats or other types of activities. The real answer is “it depends”.
What it depends on is the patient’s specific anatomy. That means we . . .
Posted in: dry needlingfemorisgaitgait cyclegastrocgastrocnemiusgluteus mediusgluteus minimusiliotibial bandinknee painlateralisoutperoneusperoneus longusquadricepsrectusrectus femorisrehabrehabilitationsquatstoestpdntrigger point dry needlingvastusvastus intermediusvastus medialis
Reverse Engineering
A Case for “Reverse Engineering”
You have often heard me say in my classes: “think of muscle function from a closed kinetic chain perspective”. In other words, the muscle (in the case of gait) working from the foot (or ground) up. Here is a study exemplifying this with the tibialis anterior and peroneus . . .
Posted in: dysfunctionengineeringfunctiongaitgait cyclemuscleperoneusperoneus brevisperoneus longusreverse
Gluteus Medius: It's not just for abduction anymore....
You may have been waiting for this...
Functional Perspectives on a game maker in gait...
It would logically follow that the gluteus medius is important for generating both forward progression and support, especially during single-limb stance suggesting that walking dynamics are influenced by non-sagittal muscles, such as the gluteus medius, even though walking is . . .
Posted in: 1st mtpankleankle rockerextensiongaitgait cyclegluteusgluteus maximusgluteus mediusgluteus minimushiphip extensioninhibitionreciprocalreciprocal inhibitionwalking
The 1st MTP
Functional Anatomy, Trigger Points and More...
Good Morning
I just released a new video excerpted from a recent Level 2 TPDN course. It's about one of my favorite articulations, the 1st MTP. One of the most important and most distal joints involved with the gait cycle whose dysfunction leads to a constellation of problems north in the kinetic chain.
Enjoy . . .
Posted in: 1st1st mtpacupuncturegaitgait cyclemetatarsalmetatarsal phalangealphalangealtpdntrigger point dry needling instructiontrigger point dry needling seminar
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