Dissection Livestream Specialty Class: Fans of the Hip - Deep Lateral Rotators

Course overview

Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers describes a conceptual grouping of muscles around the hip join as fans of the hip including the deep lateral rotators, the hip abductors and the adductors which all work together to stabilize and move the pelvis. In this innovative new webinar with Master Dissector Todd Garcia and Anatomy Trains and Senior instructor Michael Watson, the anatomy of the pelvis will be revealed through a layered fresh tissue cadaver dissection. Before viewing how this posterior fan of the hip contributes to postural patterns in the body, how to develop strategies to work with the pattern, and which techniques are most effective to provide maximum hydration, glide, adaptability, and function. Michael will be working with a live model for postural assessment, strategy development, and demonstration of techniques. Understanding the deep lateral rotators is important to therapists and healthcare practitioners as tightness and dysfunction in these muscles can contribute to hip pain, sciatica like symptoms, and pelvic imbalances. From a functional perspective we see the importance of the DLRs in the form and force closure of the SIJ in gait. Michael will discuss this aspect in detail and its clinical relevance for the treatment of sciatica.