ARE YOUR GLUTES WEAK - check out your nerves.........

John Gibbons is a registered Osteopath, International Lecturer and Multi-Published Author and in an earlier video he demonstrated how to assess the correct Firing sequence of the Gluteus medius, TFL, and Quadratus Lumborum (QL). This text is called the 'hip abduction firing pattern test'. These techniques and more is taught on the Glutes and Soft Tissue course at the University of Oxford. This video he looks at the Nerve root of lumbar L4 & L5 and subsequent disc.

John is also the Author of the highly successful book and Amazon No 1 best seller called 'Muscle Energy Techniques, a practical guide for physical therapists'. John has also written 3 more books, one is called 'A Practical Guide to Kinesiology Taping' and comes with a complimentary DVD. The other books are called; 'Vital Glutes, connecting the gait cycle to pain and dysfunction' and 'Functional Anatomy of the Pelvis and SI joint'.

John now offers Advanced Training in all aspects of Sports Medicine to already qualified therapists in manual therapy to 'Diploma' Level. You need to have attended all of his ten individual Therapy Courses before the diploma is awarded. His venue is based at the idylic venue of Oxford University, home of the first four-minute mile by Roger Bannister.

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Can trigger and/or tender points along the kinetic chain interfere with the testing of the nerve response? Thanks for the insights.