Clam shell – Gluteus Minimus

Clam shell – Gluteus Minimus

This is a variation of the Classic Clamshell and this is meant to help focus the effort into one of the deeper hip stabiliser muscles.  This is that is the Gluteus Minimus muscle.   This muscle runs vertically from from the boney point of the Greater Trochanter (which...
Clamshell – Gluteus Medius

Clamshell – Gluteus Medius

This is quite a classic movement that is meant to help strengthen one of the hip stabilisers that is the Gluteus Medius muscle.   This muscle fans across the side of the pelvis, from the boney point of the Greater Trochanter (which most people will point to when...
Side of body – lying

Side of body – lying

The side of the body can be an area that has a lot of tight areas.  It can be the waist area or the hips and sides of the legs.  So this stretch can be used to access all of them: the quadratus lumborum (QL) or the Glute Minimus, the Tensor Fascia Lata (TFL) and into...
Side of body stretch – Standing

Side of body stretch – Standing

This stretch is a way to open the sides of the body and can feel like a really nice stretch from the hands to the armpit, to the waist, side of the pelvis to the knee. Its a good stretch for the latissimus dorsi muscles (the lats), the Quadratus Lumborus (QL) muscles...
Memories of Goswell Road

Memories of Goswell Road

The first clinic move I joined the Islington and Clerkenwell Chiropractic Clinics shortly after I completed my Sports & Remedial Massage training in 2010.  At the time the clinic was in the parade of shops in th Packington Estate. This was then going to be...