Name: Adductor SA Static Release
Uploaded: 2023-04-26T01:01:30.000Z
Duration: 2 min 57 s

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Learn how to properly perform an adductor self-administered static 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 adductor hypertonicity, improve hip mobility, and decrease medial thigh tension while supporting optimal 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 Adductor Magnus Release

Demonstration of the Release Technique

Technique Details and Best Practices

Assessment and Reassessment in Practice

Exploring Different Tools and Techniques

Adductor SA Static Release

This is Brent of the Brookbush Institute, and in this video we're going over static self-administered release of the adductor Magnus; a muscle that has a propensity towards over activity in those with lumbo-pelvic hip complex dysfunction. Specifically becoming short and overactive in those with either that sign knees bow out on an overhead squat, or potentially with an asymmetrical shift this muscle would be short on the side opposite the shift, along with those synergists of external rotation, the piriformis and biceps femoris. I'm going to have my friend Brian come out, he's going to help me demonstrate this technique. Now this is one of those techniques that works a lot better in a seated position with the legs dangling, similar to the biceps femoris technique we showed before, and a softball tends to work a lot better than a foam roll, because the adductor Magnus lies just medial to the hamstrings. And you'll see when you put the ball there there like a little higher right, so we got to get around those hamstring muscles. So all Brian's going to do is sit down, he's going to place that ball underneath the meat of his inner thigh. Let me actually have you face that way first so they kind of see where your placing this ball. If you guys just grab this like meat right here, and put the ball right up underneath there, you'll feel the trigger points of this muscle tend to be like right in the middle of the femur, or real close to the ischium the sits bones, so real close to the groin. Alright once he finds the most tender spot, I'm just going to have him hold it and try to relax. He's just going to use the weight of his leg to apply pressure, he's going to keep nice good upper body posture so that I'm not perpetuating further postural dysfunction, and he's going to let me know when he either feels that release sensation, or he feels a significant reduction in discomfort. Usually that takes 30 to 120 seconds, how does that feel? Feels a little tender. Alright let me have you show them from another angle here. So let's do your right thigh, they can kind of see you get in position, you can scoop back and forth if you need to, pretend like you don't know where your spots are. Alright you can see he can just kind of scoot back, shift a little bit, there you go. You can kind of do one of those functional push-ups with his hands until he finds the perfect spot. We don't want people doing this thing with their leg to try to find a spot, like where they actually have to actively hold it in internal rotation or hold it in external rotation. We want them totally relaxed, got it. Try not to allow people to roll back and forth guys, if we are trying to reduce the activity of this muscle we're hoping that pressure results in a little inhibition, and a return to normal tone. Rolling back and forth, probably the best thing we're going to get out of that is stimulus stimulation of nociceptors, and potentially an increase in activity, which obviously if I'm trying to release this muscle is going to do nothing for the rehab process, nothing for his performance. I want to optimize his movement patternsm which kind of brings us to our next point. If you're doing this technique it should be because you saw something that indicated adductor Magnus over activity on an assessment, and you should of course follow this up with reassessment. There's always a chance that you thought this was involved, did the technique and it had no effect on your reassessment, which in that case you just wouldn't do this technique again. What do you think, you think this is going to have a little effect on your movement? A little bit, a little bit. You tend to tend to be a little tender. Brian tends to have a little bit of that knees bow out dysfunction. So there you guys have it static self-administered release of the adductor Magnus. Experiment with a few different tools. We used a softball, you guys can see I have the two different size trigger point massage balls there. You're going to have to find the right technique based on the thickness of the individuals thigh, the size of the individual. And you might even have to adjust a little bit maybe smaller, to increase the pressure for those individuals who are a little bit more advanced. I look forward to seeing your comments at the end of this video, please feel free to leave any questions you have. 

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Instruct your patient/client to assume a prone position.

Ask them to abduct and flex their hip to about 90°, or as far as they can (knee flexed).

Place a foam roll, softball, or trigger point tool under the inner thigh of the flexed/abducted hip.

This is important! Ensure that they are trying to maintain a "flat" pelvis, maintaining both anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) as close to the ground as possible.

Have your patient/client slide side-to-side, using the release tool to scan the entire adductor complex for tender points (groin to knee).

Once, the most tender point is located (generally about 4 inches from the knee, or in proximity to the groin) have your patient hold still on that spot and 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.

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Not finding the right release tool for the individual (i.e. softball versus foam roll)

If it pulses, get off it. This technique can result in compression of the femoral artery. Arteries are not very wide. If a pulse is felt, moving a 1/2 inch will usually move the foam roll of the artery.

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