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Adductor Magnus Self-administered Dynamic Release

Learn how to properly perform a self-administered dynamic release on the adductor magnus with just a few simple steps. This video offers a detailed explanation of the technique and tips on how to optimize the release to improve overall muscle tension and mobility.

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00:04 - 00:06This is Brent of the Brookbush Institute and in
00:06 - 00:08this video we're going over progressions
00:08 - 00:10of static self-administered release
00:10 - 00:12techniques, we're going to do dynamic
00:12 - 00:14self-administered release techniques or
00:14 - 00:16pin and stretch techniques for the adductor.
00:16 - 00:18magnus, a muscle that has a propensity to
00:18 - 00:19get over active in those with
00:19 - 00:21lumbo-pelvic hip complex dysfunction.
00:21 - 00:24Specifically short and over active in
00:24 - 00:26those individuals who have knees bow out,
00:26 - 00:27those individuals who have an
00:27 - 00:29asymmetrical weight shift, this muscle
00:29 - 00:31would be short on the side opposite the
00:31 - 00:33shift. This might also be related to
00:33 - 00:35things like a posterior pelvic tilt or
00:35 - 00:38sacroiliac joint dysfunction. I'm going to
00:38 - 00:40have my friend Brian come out, he's going
00:40 - 00:41to help me demonstrate this technique.
00:41 - 00:43Now just like the static release
00:43 - 00:45technique Brian's going to sit with his
00:45 - 00:50legs dangling and we're going to use a
00:50 - 00:52ball, softballs tend to work pretty good
00:52 - 00:54for the adductor Magnus because we got
00:54 - 00:56to get around those hamstring muscles.
00:56 - 01:00The big difference here is is once Brian
01:00 - 01:02finds the tender spot, have you found the
01:02 - 01:04tender spot, we're going to assume that
01:04 - 01:07that's about the same site that we might
01:07 - 01:09have a little tissue adhesion, and of
01:09 - 01:11course we want to free that tissue, we
01:11 - 01:14want our fascial layers moving well. So
01:14 - 01:17once he finds that adhesion I'm going to
01:17 - 01:19go ahead and have a move just distal
01:19 - 01:22that adhesion. So just slide so
01:22 - 01:26that the ball abuts the the far end of
01:26 - 01:27that adhesion, you don't want to go all
01:27 - 01:30the way off it, but abuts. Now I did
01:30 - 01:32have a little hard time coming up with
01:32 - 01:33this technique because I'm like well how
01:33 - 01:36do we make this dynamic. You cant abduct
01:36 - 01:38you'll lose the ball, that'll just look
01:38 - 01:39weird if you just started going in and
01:39 - 01:41out with your thighs. We have to figure
01:41 - 01:43out some way of getting this tissue to
01:43 - 01:47move without losing the softball. We just
01:47 - 01:49have to remember the other joint actions
01:49 - 01:51that the adductors will do. The
01:51 - 01:53adductor Magnus will do extension, so if
01:53 - 01:56Brian goes into hip flexion
01:56 - 01:59he should notice that that's a little
01:59 - 02:01tender as it pulls the muscle fibers
02:01 - 02:04through that -what we'll assume is the
02:04 - 02:07adhesive point, and starts to free up
02:07 - 02:10that tissue. Now things to watch out for
02:10 - 02:12is Brian does have to make sure that he
02:12 - 02:16is hinging at his hips and he can use
02:16 - 02:18his arms to support himself that's fine,
02:18 - 02:21and then come back and he's just going
02:21 - 02:25to lean into it, hold for two and come
02:25 - 02:28back, and he's going to do that like 15
02:28 - 02:33times. What ends up happening with your
02:33 - 02:35clients and patients that you really
02:35 - 02:38have to watch for is instead of hinging
02:38 - 02:39forward at the hips you tell them to
02:39 - 02:41lean forward and what do they do, and
02:41 - 02:43just kind of crunch, and if they
02:43 - 02:46crunch that's that spinal flexion that's
02:46 - 02:48not hip flexion, they're not going to to
02:48 - 02:51get any change in extensibility at their
02:51 - 02:54adductor Magnus. Why don't we go ahead and turn
02:54 - 02:55sideways facing me so they can
02:55 - 02:57see the difference between a hip hinge
02:57 - 03:02and just flexing over the ball.
03:03 - 03:06Good so that's a nice hip hinge right, and
03:06 - 03:08he can, if he can get even further into
03:08 - 03:11hip flexion he can that's fine, oh yeah.
03:11 - 03:13Like I said he can use his
03:13 - 03:15arms to help him but he wants to keep
03:15 - 03:17his spine relatively straight. Show them the
03:17 - 03:19bad form again one more time. Stay away
03:19 - 03:21from this, this is what you'll inevitably
03:21 - 03:24see, all right I'm doing it I don't feel
03:24 - 03:25nothing, all right I'm doing it. You're
03:25 - 03:28like no no that's not that's not it. Oh
03:28 - 03:30yeah you can see Brian's face when he's
03:30 - 03:33got it right. Good and he's just going to do
03:33 - 03:35like 15 repetitions and then of course
03:35 - 03:39we'd retest. Now if you're doing this
03:39 - 03:40technique I'm going to assume that
03:40 - 03:42you've already been doing the static
03:42 - 03:44technique for a while. I wouldn't just
03:44 - 03:48take somebody and go here try dynamic
03:48 - 03:49release for the adductor Magnus because
03:49 - 03:51chances are they're not going to have
03:51 - 03:53good technique to begin with, they're not
03:53 - 03:54going to really know what they're
03:54 - 03:56supposed to be feeling, and I do want to
03:56 - 03:59get rid of any trigger points or tender
03:59 - 04:01points that are there first before I
04:01 - 04:04start working on this hypothesis of
04:04 - 04:08decreased fascial glide. Now I should
04:08 - 04:10mention getting a little bit more
04:10 - 04:14technical if we needed to mess with the
04:14 - 04:17position of his thigh here in the the
04:17 - 04:18transverse plane, if you
04:18 - 04:20wanted to go a little thigh out this way
04:20 - 04:24or thigh in this way to add more tissue
04:24 - 04:26extensibility before he went into
04:26 - 04:29flexion he could. You can mess with
04:29 - 04:32those positions a little bit to get your
04:32 - 04:34clients set up the way you need to.
04:34 - 04:36Obviously if you were right at the end
04:36 - 04:38of a corrective intervention that
04:38 - 04:40included the adductor Magnus and just
04:40 - 04:43needed that couple extra degrees, you
04:43 - 04:46might have to pull a little bit either
04:46 - 04:49in or out, and then go really far
04:49 - 04:52into flexion to get that last bit of
04:52 - 04:56fraying of any fascial adhesion that we
04:56 - 04:59have. It worked really well for you,
04:59 - 05:00there you go. So make sure when you go
05:00 - 05:02inward though you adjust your whole leg
05:02 - 05:05and set, and that he's not using
05:05 - 05:07his adductor to hold him in because then
05:07 - 05:10he can't get a release. Once again
05:10 - 05:11of course I'd followed this up with
05:11 - 05:13reassessment. If my reassessment showed
05:13 - 05:14no change,
05:14 - 05:17don't just follow pain I'm not just
05:17 - 05:18going to follow what Brian says and be
05:18 - 05:20like oh that's really tender, I want to
05:20 - 05:22see a change in his movement pattern. I
05:22 - 05:24want to see a change in his symptoms and
05:24 - 05:27the complaints he came in with, and if
05:27 - 05:28this does have a positive effect I'll
05:28 - 05:31keep doing it, and if it doesn't then I
05:31 - 05:33just learned something. I narrowed down
05:33 - 05:34my intervention a little bit further,
05:34 - 05:36made it a little bit more specific. I
05:36 - 05:39hope you get great results from
05:39 - 05:40this progression. I hope you get
05:40 - 05:42great results from this technique. I look
05:42 - 05:44forward to hearing your thoughts about
05:44 - 05:46this technique. Please feel free to leave
05:46 - 05:47those comments, and if you have any
05:47 - 05:49questions please feel free to leave them.
05:49 - 05:52I'll talk to you soon

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