Name: Overhead Squat Assessment 3 - Five Steps for Solving for Dysfunction
Uploaded: 2023-04-26T01:01:16.000Z
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Learn a structured, five-step approach for solving overhead squat dysfunction in this comprehensive step-by-step instructional video from the Brookbush Institute. This evidence-based video provides expert guidance on systematically assessing movement patterns, identifying common compensations, prioritizing impairments, and applying effective corrective strategies. Develop a clear, repeatable framework for improving lower-extremity alignment, lumbopelvic control, and trunk stability while reducing injury risk. Perfect for clinicians, fitness professionals, and rehabilitation clients seeking to enhance movement analysis skills, streamline corrective exercise programming, and optimize performance outcomes.

Introduction to Overhead Squat Assessment

Steps for Identifying Muscle Dysfunction

Joint Actions and Muscle Responsibilities

Case Example: Excessive Leaning Forward

Corrective Strategies and Integration

Understanding Functional Anatomy for Assessment

Overhead Squat Assessment 3 - Five Steps for Solving for Dysfunction

This is Brent coming at you with our overhead squat assessment video number three. In this video I'm going to give you my five simple steps on how to create a list of all of the muscles involved in any of the signs and dysfunctions that we see, during an overhead squat assessment. So the first thing you guys need to know is you have to know what optimal posture is first, before we can even determine what dysfunction look like looks like, we need to know what good looks like. Our second step is to identify the joint action that is responsible for the sign we identified in our overhead squat assessment, so you guys can go back to video 2 and look at all the signs we listed. Once we identify the joint action, we can go to step number three which is list all of the muscles responsible for that joint action. Now what we're going to assume is that steps two and three, has created a list for us of short and overactive muscles, at least we're going to presume that for now. This creates a list of short overactive structures that once we get to our corrective strategy, we're probably going to want to go ahead and tone down, make them less active and we're going to want to lengthen them somehow. In step 4 we're going to go ahead and think of the opposing joint action, so the opposing joint action is going to help us determine all the muscles that would be responsible for that opposing joint action, in which case they have been lengthened and are probably under active. Now with those muscles we probably want to increase their activity and get them integrated back into a normal movement pattern, so that we move with optimal posture. Now if I was going to take you guys through an example, so let's start with, let's say I saw excessive leaning forward which okay what joint is action is that, that's that's hip flexion. All right so if I'm thinking hip flexion, what are the muscles responsible for hip flexion you guys already know some of the muscles right, like we could say TFL, so if my TFL is involved in hip flexion and there's an excessive leaning forward, what do I want to do to that muscle? I want to tone it down, so I want to use some sort of release like technique, and I probably want to lengthen it. You guys know from watching some of those other videos something like a kneeling hip flexor stretch would work, and then we're going to go to the opposing joint action well if I have too much of this, too much hip flexion right that means I don't have enough hip extension, so somethings long and of course we have one of our big hip extensors that we all love to work but has a tendency to get under active, which is our glute max so you guys could be thinking well I'll do some glute max work, i'll do some glute max activation. You guys can look those videos up, maybe do some bridges, and then I can get them integrated in a nice big lower leg exercise like a squat to row. So once again guys I hope you guys can see how all of the rest of our videos in this series are going to start with this simple game plan right. I'm going to look at a dysfunction, I'm going to tell you guys what joint action goes with that sign, we're going to list the muscles responsible for that action which are short and overactive muscles, presumably we're going to list the opposing joint action and then of course the long muscles; and every time we do this we're going to end up creating a list of muscles that we need to address in our corrective exercise strategy. I hope that helps you guys understand the logic behind some of the stuff we do. It's not complicated, you do got to know your functional anatomy. All right you guys got to keep working n learning all of your muscles, but it's not a complicated concept and i know if you stay with me in future videos you guys will get this stuff down. I'll talk with you soon.

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Understanding movement impairment starts with analyzing the most common signs of dysfunction and compensatory patterns. Each of the visually observable signs of dysfunction that is assessed during the overhead squat assessment (OHSA) is correlated with joint actions that are occurring excessively. For example, 

 = excessive ankle eversion. Based on these joint actions, relative changes in muscle length and activity may be inferred. The final step is a refinement of the description of inferred changes via a systematic review of relevant research. This final step is separate from the steps below and was performed by the Brookbush Institute, and covered in additional 

Identify the excessive joint actions that correlate with the sign(s) of dysfunction.

List muscles responsible for that joint action ("short" muscles).

List the muscles responsible for the opposing joint action ("long" muscles).

Although no one can see muscle activity or length, anyone can see motion (i.e. joint actions). Joint actions can then be used to infer muscle length and activity, and potentially the behavior of other structures (joint, fascia, nerves). For example, you cannot see "tight hip flexors," but you can see excessive hip flexion.

It is important to create a systematic method for listing the altered muscle lengths correlated with the signs of dysfunction and excessive joint actions. Our recommendation is to use a "solutions table" like the one below. Initially, it may be necessary to review functional anatomy when building these tables. If you have taken our "

 " courses, you may recognize how important it is to practice listing muscles by joint action. Although these tables may be challenging to complete the first time, repetition will lead to memorization of each sign, the excessive joint actions, and the muscles responsible for that joint action and the opposing joint action. Because there are only 10 potential signs, and many of the signs include the same excessive joint actions, it will not take long to commit the "solutions tables" to memory. These patterns will look very similar to the predictive models of postural dysfunction discussed in future courses on 

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