International School of Complimentary Therapies & Alternative Medicines

10/05/2022

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25/05/2021

💥Tensor Fasciae Latae Pain💥
The Tensor fasciae latae (TFL) can create vicious pain! It can become overworked as it compensates for a week glute medius, propagating IT Band tightness and impacting everything down to our feet and ankles. Because of its far-reaching impact, you can’t overlook the health of your TFL’s!

💡The symptoms of Tensor Fasciae Latae Pain include:
· Outer hip pain
· Referral pain down the outside of the thigh
· Pain when setting down on the tender side
· Weight bearing on one side is more excruciating
· Pain upon quick walking
· Pain when standing and keeping your pelvis level

💡As the TFL becomes overburdened and chronically shortened, it can lead to lower back, hip and knee pain—not to mention IT Band issues and foot and ankle problems!

💡Because of its interactions with the IT Band, the TFL can create movement compensations down the entire leg! To make a bad situation worse, your body continues to adapt. As Tensor fascia latae progressively gets worse, it’s not uncommon to see issues with ankle mobility. Now, these changes only grow our need to compensation, causing problems back up the kinetic chain.

💡This is why you can’t just overlook aches and pains. The longer you ignore these issues and keep pushing through, the more you encourage compensations and imbalances to develop. If you don’t address TFL issues, you’ll end up having to address issues from your feet up!

💡Treatment
The initial type of treatment is to rest the condition from irritating activities, including running. Other treatment options include:

· Hot and Cold Compress or Wrap
· Soft Tissue work [Active Release, Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) like Graston, Dry Needling, and Massage]
· Tensor Fasciae Latae Brace and Support
· Compression Leggings
· Physical Therapy

20/05/2021

A CLOSER LOOK 🔍
Your organs don’t slosh around when you run.
Your muscles stay connected to your bones.
You know why? FASCIA.

It does more than provide structure though, fascia is layered with nerves that makes it almost as sensitive as our skin. 😳 FASCIA-NATING.

20/05/2021

Over the past two decades, Graston technique has become standard protocol in many hospital-based outpatient facilities as well as industrial on-site treatment settings. Graston technique is also being used by the professional sports industry including MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL trainers.

Graston technique is grounded in the work and discoveries of a British orthopedic surgeon, Dr. James Cyriax. Graston technique’s cross fiber massage is not a brand new concept. Graston technique’s use of specially designed tools and protocol has been a recognized part of the manual therapy industry for over 20 years.

Indiana University became the first college to include Graston technique in its teaching curriculum. As of 2000, Graston technique was included in the university’s graduate kinesiology course for athletic trainers, and it also became an elective in their doctoral physical therapy program. Since Indiana University broke the ice, Graston technique has become part of the curriculum in 45 advanced degree programs for physical therapy, chiropractic and athletic training.