A patient with a diagnosis of Plantar Fasciitis will have different symptoms from the last one you saw with the same diagnosis and different from the next as well.

We need to think about foot biomechanics, nerves, the plantar aponeurosis and we need to know specifically where the patient is having pain.

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Entrapment of the superior cluneal nerve can be a source of chronic low back pain, especially after lumbar disc surgery. 

It can be a source of psuedo-sciatica as well.

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I'll be in Amsterdam teaching at the 1st European Orthopedic and Sports Acupuncture Conference.

NCCAOM CEUs available.

You should come!

I'll be covering Sciatica, Meralgia Paresthetica, Ilioinguinal Nerve Entrapment, Obturator Tunnel Syndrome, 2 Peudo-Sciaticas: Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment and Superior Gluteal Nerve Entrapment

And also Migraines and their nerve entrapments

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Ever resolve sciatica (or what you thought was sciatica) by treating the gluteus medius or by releasing trigger points in the gluteus medius?

Now I know what was likely happening. 

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Double Crush Syndrome: It might be controversial but I believe.

And Thank You to all who have sent me messages of support!

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Can we improve our results for migraines by addressing the Upper and Lower Crossed patterns for patients?

Let's walk through it.

Correction : I said the Millennial Tower is tilting 24 degrees. I meant inches. And when I looked it up it's actually tilting 29 inches. 😮

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New Mentorship Program on Podia. Look for the Acupuncture Outsider Community. 

Future Courses, Mentorship Subscription on Podia and 2 Cases that I'm struggling with but learning from.

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I don't always trust muscle testing, especially if the symptoms don't match with a strong test where I think there's some over-use injury.

I want to put my fingers or thumb on a muscle to feel for hypertonicity before I rule it out as a part of the problem. 

It's easy to miss a hypertonic muscle if the manual muscle tests seem normal and you don't palpate to confirm. 

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Reciprocal Inhibition is an interesting thing and I think I think a lot about treating antagonists muscles but maybe I don't always consider reciprocal inhibition for every case. I'm going to be thinking more about reciprocal inhibition for some cases in case it can help me improve my results for muscle activation once someone is pain-free. 

Here's the article I mentioned:

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10.1152/jn.00424.2017

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I was just thinking about how the infraspinatus can help shoulder flexion. The fiber orientation is a clue. It's an external rotator, so how does it get involved in shoulder flexion?

How does the Pectoralis Major flex the shoulder? Look at the fiber orientation.

How does Gluteus Minimus (abducts and internally rotates the hip) which doesn't flex the hip, cause an anterior pelvic tilt? Fiber orientation. 

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