The Manual Man

LOW BACK PAIN WITH FORWARD BENDING❗️
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If someone has pain with forward bending, I know the issue here is lack of spinal flexion, specifically at the lumbar region. With lack of spinal flexion, I’m thinking shortness of spinal extensors such as Lumbar paraspinals and QL.
I’m also thinking limitations in vertebral and SI joint gapping. So I know I need to incorporate some type of posterior depression of the pelvis during my treatment and with my neuro-education piece. Here are two of my favorite positions/techniques to get the job done. 1. Seated Forward bend and 2. Side-lying basking seal. Both are focused on creating space to allow spinal flexion to occur! ENJOY❗️
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Video 1: STM of lumbar paraspinal in seated forward bending, shown in FMLT course
Video 2: QL mobilization in side- lying basking seal, shown in FM1 course
Video 3: neuromuscular education with pelvic posterior depression in side-lying, shown in PNF1 course
Video 4: pre test using forward bend test, shown in foundations course
Video 5: post test using forward bend test

CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN‼️
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🗣️”My low back gets tight anytime I deadlift or squat.”
🗣️”My low back always seems to be in a state of tension, doesn’t matter how much I stretch!”
🗣️”I hurt my lower back once, now it’s never been the same!”
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If you have chronic low back pain, you should be assessing and treating a bone called the sacrum.
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The sacrum is the foundation of not only the lower spinal column, but also the pelvic girdle. It’s truly one of the most influential structures in the human body. One of my mentors the great and powerful calls the sacrum one of the keystone structures of the body. Its dysfunctional state can create a rippling effect of compensation up and down the chain. You might feel chronic tightness into the low back region with things like squats and deadlifts. You can try to mobilize/stretch your hips, even your pelvis or your lumbar spine as much as you like, but if your sacrum is stuck in a dysfunctional position, it will stay that way until you mobilize it DIRECTLY. HERE IS HOW!
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Video 1: P-A mobilization of sacral base, shown in FMLT course
Video 2: neuromuscular education of hip internal rotators
Video 3: 90-90 hip lift with hip IR, side-lying Left adductor pullback, shown in pelvic restoration course
Video 4: pre-test with Palpation +Forward bend test, shown in FMLT course
Video 5: post-test with Palpation +Forward bend test, shown in FMLT course
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Shoutout to as my patient/model
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