I had such an amazing time yesterday, during my first day lead instructing Level I in St Louis.
Some highlights:
1. A solid history and thorough exam turn a practitioner from a fisher into a sniper.
2. Be wary of relational inhibition. A muscle may appear to hold a test, but another deeper dysfunction may be present to prevent the comfortable neural lock you seek. Investigate.
3. Suspect the tibialis posterior as a compensator on a supinated foot – but also assess for a locked up cuboid bone.
4. If you are treating the site of pain, you may be missing the source. A mobile side can be overused to the point of instability. Also assess the side opposite of pain.
5. The superolateral tendon of popliteus is intracapsular and may compensate for semimembranosus, a muscle whose tendon provides the popliteal fascia.
With so much more to share and learn, I can’t wait for Day 2!
– Dr. Kathy Dooley