Name: Vastus Lateralis Self-administered Dynamic Release a.k.a. Pin & Stretch
Uploaded: 2023-04-26T01:02:30.000Z
Duration: 5 min 40 s

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Learn how to properly perform a vastus lateralis self-administered dynamic release (a.k.a. pin and stretch) 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 vastus lateralis hypertonicity, improve lateral thigh extensibility, and enhance hip and knee mobility 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 Advanced Self-Administered Release Techniques

Demonstration of Vastus Lateralis Pin and Stretch

Implementing Active Release Protocols

Transitioning to Smaller Objects for Targeted Release

The Importance of Shear Forces in Muscle Release Techniques

Vastus Lateralis Self-administered Dynamic Release a.k.a. Pin & Stretch

This is Brent of the Brookbush Institute, and in this video we're going over more advanced self-administered release techniques. In this particular video we're going to go over vastus lateralis pin and stretch, or vastus lateralis active release. I'm going to have my friend Melissa come out, she's going to help me demonstrate. Now what Melissa is going to do is she's going to take one of these trigger point rollers here, and she's going to roll up and down her vastus lateralis, which is the area on the side of her thigh from her greater trochanter. That big bump just lateral to your hip all the way down to your knee. Can you find the most tender point? Yeah all right, go ahead and get down on your elbow, make sure that your kind of straightened out here, and people have a tendency to turn into little cashews on this technique. Make sure that their form is still pretty good. Now if this was a static release technique she'd be done. She would have found the tender spot, she's in good form we would just wait for that release technique to diminish in tenderness. And I'm going to assume that if you're watching this video you've already done that static technique, but now we're going to move on, we're going to progress. So I'm going to have her roll up just a little bit this way. This is going to move that foam roll from on the trigger point. Which we're also going to assume is the adhesive point, to just distal that adhesive point. And now the fun part, I'm going to have Melissa flex her knee. And what's that literally is doing, is it's taking her muscle fibers and shearing them past the tissue that's being blocked by the foam roll. So we're actually getting some fascial shear here, which we're hoping is breaking up some of this adhesive tissue and improving extensibility. Now the protocol for this is very similar to active stretching. She can do 2-5 second holds at the top here, and we're going to do 10 to 15 repetitions. Once you've done 10 to 15 repetitions she can go ahead and move on to the other side, or potentially move on to another adhesive point within the same muscle. Now if I wanted to progress this even further I can't just go to a smaller object, you guys have seen other videos where I've done static release techniques with a medicine ball or a softball. We do want to decrease surface area, but we can't decrease surface area in width. If we decrease this way, there's a chance that that adhesive tissue that we were trying to block with the trigger point roll here, would then become well, not a block, the adhesive tissue would just kind of go around something like a softball. So we need something that's smaller in diameter this way, but not this way, and that's where this guy comes in. This is a quad baller from trigger point, and as you guys can see it's it's a dowel wrapped with some padding. It's pretty tough, pretty small surface area, but it still has that width we need to make sure we block that adhesive tissue. Melissa is going to demonstrate and wince as she does this. Make sure you guys aren't throwing this at clients, first time clients, people who've never foam rolled before. These are advanced techniques. They do tend to be quite a bit more tender than the static release techniques with like a soft foam roll. You found it, good. Once she's found that spot, once again we're gonna go just distal to that spot. So she's got to roll up just a little bit, make sure she's just off the point and she's right here. So she's braced up against that adhesive tissue, and then she can go ahead and flex her knee 10 to 15 times, 2 to 5 second holds, nice slow tempo. A good point to make here guys is with all foam roll and self-administered release techniques, the role or object doesn't move, you might for these active release techniques, and static release techniques nothing moves. But it's not the foam roll that rolls up and down, or the quad baller that rolls up and down, and the trigger point roller that rolls up and down. that's probably not going to do much to increase our extensibility. There's really no good model to show that that would affect tissues in a way that would be beneficial. This on the other hand, shearing fascial tissue that has the potential to increase extensibility, increase performance by reducing restrictions. Things that could be leaking some of the potential performance we already have. I hope you guys enjoy this technique as much as you can. It is fairly aggressive. You need to be careful who you give this to, but for an advanced athlete like Melissa here, where we're trying to get every ounce out of her performance, definitely worth a shot. I look forward to hearing from you guys on the outcomes you got from this technique. Thank you. 

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Vastus Lateralis Self-administered Dynamic Release:

Note: Like most dynamic release techniques, the body position used for this technique is similar to the static release technique described above.

Explain to your patient/client where their vastus lateralis is, and if necessary palpate the vastus lateralis 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 or 

Ask them to flex the hip and knee of the top leg, so they may rest that knee or foot on the floor in front of them (this will aid in reducing some of the pressure exerted on the vastus lateralis)

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

Once, the most tender point is located have your patient move the foam roll just distal to that point, so it abuts the tender point on the distal side.

Instruct your patient/client to flex their knee, holding for 1 – 2 seconds at end range. Perform 10 – 15 repetitions.

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

Using the wrong size release tool - There is no shame in using a soft foam roll when the only result gained from a 

 is guarding. Remember, there is always time to progress.

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