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Infinity Muscle Therapy

Locality: Cooma, New South Wales

Phone: +61 403 352 867

Address: 6 Sharp Street 2630 Cooma, NSW, Australia

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02.01.2022 Tensor Fascia Lata and the Gluteal Muscles by David Lauterstein of Deep Massage Society Many muscles work so well, you never even know they’re there! This is es...pecially the case for the muscles on the side of the pelvis. Every time you lift your leg to take a step, it’s like a chair that suddenly would lose two legs on one side and collapse. What keeps your pelvis from dropping to the floor each time you lift your leg? It is the responsibility of the muscles on the opposite side tensor fascia lata, gluteus medius and minimus. They automatically tense up when you lift the opposite leg. These muscles’ tensing isometrically, keeps constant the distance from the iliac crest to the greater trochanter. Thus, when you lift your left leg, the isometric contraction of the right tensor fascia lata, gluteus medius and minimus is what keeps your pelvis level. The most serious disorder of the hip is paralysis of gluteus medius. You can see this in the case of cerebral-palsy where the affected person has to throw their leg underneath and forward suddenly when they walk, otherwise the pelvis would fall down to the ground. The taut and short tensor fascia lata runs from the posterior anterior superior iliac spine to the greater trochanter. There it continues as the longest tendon in the body, the iliotibial band. The gluteus medius runs from the gluteal surface of the ilium to the greater trochanter and is shaped like an inverted teardrop. Its posterior third is covered by the gluteus maximus. Similarly shaped, the gluteus minimus is situated deep and immediately beneath gluteus medius. They both insert onto the top of the greater trochanter like a hat on top of a head. Work with massage here can be very effective by combining pressure points with mobilizations of the hip joint. Pressing in with the thumb or fingers into 7 areas to thoroughly cover the territory, the therapist, with each pressure point, can simultaneously rotate the hip medially and gently traction it inferiorly. This helps these muscles relax and lengthen, freeing both the pelvis and the hip joint. Working with tensor fascia lata, gluteus medius and, through it, gluteus minimus, enhances these muscles’ ability to forcefully contract as well as gracefully relax. Ultimately, the healthy pelvis is experienced as a vessel floating in a sea of supporting muscles, rather than something solid and stuck in our middle that we spend much of our days just sitting on. Book here: http://bit.ly/TKGIcV