Name: Gluteus Minimus SA Release
Uploaded: 2023-04-26T01:00:03.000Z
Duration: 3 min 40 s

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Learn how to properly perform a gluteus minimus self-administered release in this comprehensive step-by-step instructional video from the Brookbush Institute. This evidence-based video provides expert coaching on setup, positioning, alignment, and technique (including progressions and regressions). Safely reduce gluteus minimus hypertonicity, improve hip mobility, and improve lower extremity alignment while supporting optimal lumbopelvic alignment and lower-extremity mechanics. Suitable for all fitness levels. Perfect for athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and rehabilitation clients seeking to reduce pain, improve mobility, and restore optimal movement mechanics while reducing injury risk.

Introduction to the Gluteus Minimus

Anatomy and Location of the Gluteus Minimus

Foam Rolling Technique for Release

Using a Softball for Increased Pressure

Expected Outcomes and Conclusion

Gluteus Minimus SA Release

This is Brent coming at you with another release video. In this video we're going after an often forgotten muscle, the gluteus minimus. The gluteus minimus is an internal rotator of the hip, plays a very similar role in postural dysfunction as the TFL, which is it's very close neighbor. They both get tight and overactive, or short and overactive in lower leg dysfunction, the feet flatten and turn out, as well as lumbo-pelvic hip complex dysfunction where we have an anterior pelvic tilt. I'm going to have my friend Leanne come out, she's going to help me demonstrate this exercise. To get into just a little functional anatomy, so we know where everything is, I think you have probably been on this muscle before, have felt tenderness in this area before, but maybe thought it was part of your TFL, or your piriformis. So, if I find Leanne's ASIS, or anterior superior iliac spine, right here we know that the TFL is just posterior to that. So right about where Leanne's front pocket would be, we have the TFL. We know that the piriformis goes from sacrum to greater trochanter, that big bony notch right here. Kind of in between those two, sandwiched in between those two, so this is her piriformis, this is her TFL, we can kind of hit the gluteus minimus, especially where those trigger points lie, right in between. So it's going to be on the side, but the posterior side of her hip. Leanne's going to get in the same position she would get in for a TFL foam roll. She can roll up and down a little bit between her greater trochanter and her iliac crest. She can go forward and back just a little bit to to get over the full distance of that area, good. Once she finds the most tender spot I'm going to make sure that she's not muscle guarding. The way we would do that in this case is either have her press her foot into the floor, showing her where that tension is, and then having her let go. If that increased in discomfort, we know she was muscle guarding. You could also have somebody try to lift up their foot a little bit, and then relax, using reciprocal inhibition to try to tone down her gluteus minimus and make sure she's not muscle guarding. She would then hold this technique for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, as we do all of our static release techniques. Now, if this wasn't enough pressure for her, we could use our little physics formula: pressure equals force over area, which means if I decrease area, I increase pressure. I could do that by just going from a foam roll, which has a big surface area, to this softball. Now, this isn't a normal softball, this isn't a hard softball, this is a softie, or a training softball. They have quite a bit of give, so it's a little nicer for Leanne's hip than, like, a baseball or something, or a lacrosse ball I've seen used, or a normal softball. But, it'll still be quite an increase in intensity as we can see. The other advantage for somebody Leanne's size as well is, sometimes foam rolls, for both the TFL and the gluteus minimus, are just too big. So if this is her iliac crest, and this is her greater trochanter, what sometimes happens with a foam roll is it creates a bridge over those two bony notches, and she can't get deep into these tissues that lie between. So sometimes we have to move to a softball with some of our smaller individuals. Once again, 30 seconds to 2 minutes until you feel a release. Hopefully you will get a change in your movement patterns and an increase in performance. I hope you enjoyed the video!

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Gluteus Minimus Self-administered Static Release:

Note: The body position used for this technique is identical to the Tensor Fasciae Latae release described above.

Explain to your patient/client where their gluteus minimus is (between the greater trochanter and iliac spine along the mid-axillary line), and if necessary palpate the gluteus minimus so they know where to exert pressure with the release tool.

Instruct your patient/client to assume a side-lying position, with a foam roll, softball, or 

 tool underneath them, just inferior to their iliac crest.

Ask them to flex the hip and knee of the top leg, so they may place their foot on the floor in front of them (this will aid in reducing the pressure exerted on the gluteus minimus)

Have your patient/client roll anterior to posterior, and from the iliac crest to greater trochanter (stay off the greater trochanter), using the release tool to scan for tender points.

When the most tender point is located have your patient hold still on that spot and attempt to relax.

Wait for the discomfort to subside or for a “release” (generally 30 – 120 seconds).

Move on to another tender point or the next muscle to be released.

The amount of pressure exerted during this technique is significant, so finding the right release tool for the individual (i.e. sufficient surface area) is important. Too much pressure will result in guarding and is unlikely to result in any benefit.

Patients/clients will often mistake the greater trochanter for a tender point. If this is not corrected, days and weeks of using this technique may result in inflammation and pain (trochanteric bursitis or contusion).

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