Performance Therapy — Hip

Tendinitis of the Hip Adductors

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Tendinitis of the Hip Adductors

  Stuart Hinds demonstrates a treatment protocol for the hip adductors, commonly used to treat soccer players - and applicable to just about everyone.   Tendinitis of the adductor muscles; the pain is similar to a groin strain but onset is gradual and chronic in nature. Inflammation in the adductor muscle tendons or tendon sheaths due to overuse can cause pain in the groin area. Sprinting, football, soccer, hurdling and horse riding can all cause overuse in these muscles. Unresolved injuries such as groin strain can also lead to tendinitis. The adductor muscles include the pectineus, adductor longus, adductor brevis,...

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Treating the Hip Adductors

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Treating the Hip Adductors

  Treating the hip adductors - Stuart Hinds   Learning to treat these trigger points effectively can be a boon to your practice. (Latin: adducere, to lead toward; magnus, large; brevis, short; longus, long) The adductor magnus is the largest of the adductor muscle group, which also includes the adductor brevis and adductor longus. The adductor longus is the most anterior of the three. The adductor brevis lies anterior to the adductor magnus. The lateral border of the upper fibers of the adductor longus form the medial border of the femoral triangle (the sartorius forms the lateral boundary; the inguinal ligament forms the...

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Stretching for Pain Relief and Rehabilitation - Hip and Thigh

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Stretching for Pain Relief and Rehabilitation - Hip and Thigh

   Trigger Points - Stretching for the Hip Flexors   Muscles of the Hips, Thigh and Buttocks The hips and buttocks are comprised of a number of both large muscles (e.g., gluteus maximus) and small muscles (e.g., piriformis). These muscles are primarily responsible for hip stabilization and lower leg movement. The muscles around the hip and buttocks, along with the structure of the hip joint, allow for a large range of movement of the lower leg; including flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, and rotation. Stretching Hamstring injuries, hip arthritis, hip bursitis, thigh muscle strains .... hip and thigh pain is common and is...

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Assessing Hip Pain & Dysfunction: Hip Abduction

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Assessing Hip Pain & Dysfunction: Hip Abduction

Stuart Hinds demonstrates assessment of the hip abductors with background information on the origins of the NAT Hip Protocol and how to recognise hip holding patterns.

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Using Ely's Test as Part of Hip Assessment

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Using Ely's Test as Part of Hip Assessment

Stuart Hinds explains Ely's Test as part of hip assessment. Ely’s test is commonly used to assess range of movement in the rectus femoris.

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