As a coach, it’s always resourceful to have a few catch-all movements in your back pocket from both a screening and coaching standpoint.
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Ever since accidentally discovering A Novel Way to Correct Ipsilateral Lumbar Lateral Shifts, I have been messing around with arm pulls as a way of testing lateral chain and single leg stance stability.
It's a simple way for you and the patient to feel and somewhat quantify how well the lateral chain can stabilize single leg stance. I use it after I have restored ability to load the lumbar spine according to the Lower Quarter Clinical Practice Patterns I teach in MMT Premium and Seminars. Lateral chain stability should be part of your stability phase of rehab after the patient is pain free, but before you're ready to discharge. If their is a difference, one of my favorite exercises would be unilateral Farmer's Carries with the kettlebell or dumbbell placed in the hand opposite the side of stability loss.
Let me know what you think!
The LCAP - Lateral Chain Arm Pull Test
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If they're pain free and still feel significant asymmetry, it could be due to weakness or inhibition in an upper or lower body rolling pattern. In this video, I go over the correctives to fire those patterns and cement stability in this exercise.
If the patient perception
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- is their upper body is falling forward, correct with banded UE elevation and ipsilateral trunk rotation
- is their lower body falling forward, correct with single leg bridges
Re-test shoulder taps and perception/effort with unilateral stability.
Shoulder Taps as an Assessment
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As physical therapists, one of our most vital roles is to determine whether or not the patient sitting in front of you is safe to treat. We have a wide range of knowledge of medical screening that allows us rule in or out serious medical conditions (and potentially make an appropriate referral).
At Nxt Gen, we have developed an amazing course with Dr. DuVall, that goes through in-depth medical screening education for the physical therapist. For the next few days, we are offering 50% off (use promocode: manualtherapist) the cost of this course (brings course from $129 down to $64.50). I would highly encourage checking it out and purchasing today (last date of this sale is 5/14/2016). Purchase Now. You can watch a sample below:
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The Vital Episode of Therapy Insiders
There are a lot of vital factors in life. There are a few vital factors for life. So we should know how to keep track of those important vital factors, right? Yet, in physical therapy, often vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure do not get tracked regularly. Our guest, Richard Severin, a cardiopulmonary specializing physical therapist helps shed some light on the importance of vital signs. We also break off on many tangents to discuss how we miss Looney Tunes of old, spoil Star Wars and share stories from the clinic. Hit play and let us know if you agree!
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Interested in live cases where I apply this approach and integrate it with pain science, manual therapy, repeated motions, IASTM, with emphasis on patient education? Check out Modern Manual Therapy!
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