Neurodynamic Solutions for the Lower Quadrant

In September I attended the lower quadrant course run by Michael Shacklock in LA. This course covered well known tests such as the slump test, straight leg raise and it’s variations. It was great to review these tests, improve my specificity of handling and then apply the results to treatment scenarios. The aim of this blog is to share a few of the many tips that I took away from the course.

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Contralateral Knee Extension - a New Advance in Slump Test

This week we discuss new information about the normal response of painfree subjects during the slump test. Shacklock and his team (2016) have been studying the impact on contralateral knee extension and the resulting movement of the lumbar neural tissues during the slump test. Insightful and enlightening results!

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Improving Hamstring Flexibility - part 1 Assessment.

'Percieved hamstring tightness' is a common complaint in patients with lower back, buttock and posterior thigh pain. Wether this tightness originates from reduced tissue extensibility to altered neural mobility can be determined with tests such as the passive knee extension, active knee extension, passive straight leg raise and slump tests. Treatments targeting an improving neural tissue mobility and address pathoneuromechanics have been shown to be more effective in reducing hamstring tightness, than the more tradition passive/active static hamstring stretches. 

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