Anne-Marie Dowling Physical Therapy

03/02/2018

21/01/2018

Do you really have adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) or is it a subscapularis trigger point ?? 🤔

16/09/2017

A lateral pelvic tilt is a condition causing one side of your hip to appear higher or lower when compared to the normal hip position.Medicine identifies these two conditions as:
Hip hiking – where, on one side, hip is raised above the neutral position and
Hip dropping – where the hip drops lower than neutral position.
When the hip is raised above its natural position (in hip hiking), quadratus lumborum muscle becomes tight. Quadratus lumborum is a muscle that connects vertebrae to the iliac crest, so when you think about it, it makes perfect sense that tension in this muscle will raise the hip.
On the other hand, when the hip drops, chances are quadratus lumborum muscle becomes weaker and lengthened and gluteus medius muscle becomes tight. This then leads to weakness in adductor muscles.

08/09/2017

Keeping myself strong for those deep tissue massages 💆💪🏻Some posterior chain training tonight Post workout treat courtesy of the lovely Dan from 😋tastes like custard

05/09/2017

Is it actually your anterior pelvic tilt that's making your hamstrings feel tight 🤔

Muscles are not always "tight" due to being short. The sensation of tightness can be caused from constantly having them in a lengthened position.

Instead of stretching the "tight" muscles you should look at releasing the antagonist...... iliacus, psoas, TFL, re**us femoris

02/09/2017

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29/08/2017

A tight QL can cause severe lower back pain. The glutes and hamstring will become inhibited. It will cause a hip hike and can even lead to a functional leg length discrepancy.

27/08/2017

The winner from Instagram is and from Facebook Aileen Killian.
Call me on 0877619187 to arrange your appointment.

27/08/2017

Lower cross syndrome is extremely common due to our modern lifestyles which involve sitting for long periods of time.
Before the inhibited muscle can be strengthened the tight muscles must be released. Otherwise they will remain inhibited and prevent you from reaching your true potential.
While we refer to the inhibited muscles as weak, the tight muscles are also weak. As without full range of motion they are also restricted from achieving their full potential