I recently treated a long-term client of mine who came in complaining of many of the classic indicators of iliotibial band syndrome - one of which being lateral knee pain, the other being this client's long history of ITB pain in the past.

In this episode of Stu's Corner, we’re chatting about how important assessment is for delivering positive outcomes. It’s way too easy to overlook things, especially if we rely too much on diagnoses from other health professionals.

So try not to ignore your adductors/abductors. Where possible, develop a stretching program that includes the muscles that contract and stretch your inner thighs, as well as those that help your hip abductors both stabilize the pelvis and move the leg out to the side.

Our Inner Circle membership has heaps of benefits, but one that many members forget is that you can earn Continuing Professional Education (CPE) points with your professional association.

Finding that intersection between your best work, your top clients, and a unique offering is a challenge that not everyone is up for and truthfully can be too big a question for many to even start. But we can find that sweet spot and this article will help you do it by helping you analyse three things: your clients, your commandments, and your business.

Trigger points in the glutes can refer through the lower back, hip, and into the leg. Because of their role in walking and basic stability, dysfunction in the gluteal muscles can easily impact clients’ daily lives and result in pain and holding patterns.

Winged scapula describes a condition where the shoulder blade sticks out of the back rather than lying flat against the back of the chest wall. Mild cases produce no symptoms, but severe cases can be more painful and cause loss of loss movement and control over the shoulder.

Neck pain is often associated with trigger points, and these may develop as a result of postural issues or by way of over-compensation for an injury or trigger points elsewhere in the body (commonly the shoulders).

Cupping is a technique adapted from traditional Chinese medicine. Cupping is often used in conjunction with trigger point therapy, acupuncture or dry needling. It pulls blood to a region to stimulate healing and can be used effectively for stretching tight fascia and muscles. In this blog, we demonstrate using vacuum cupping to treat the deep muscles of the foot.

Stuart Hinds demonstrates the Ober's Test for assessment and a trigger point therapy treatment sequence for iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) or 'runner's knee'. There are no magic cures for ITBS but in most cases, trigger point therapy can have profound effects.

Tennis Elbow, also called Lateral Epicondylitis (LE) can start as an annoying ache but rapidly degenerate into a debilitating problem, with pain on gripping, opening bottles, or even on shaking hands. Unless they have experienced it, people often don't understand how bad it can be.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) can usually be treated with manual therapy and self-managed care.

Trigger points in the gluteus medius may refer pain locally to the buttocks and hips but are more commonly associated with lower back pain where they likely form part of the same, wider holding pattern.

Stretching the anterior abdominal muscles can help to improve your core stability, improve posture, and may help to prevent and/or dissipate trigger points.