Ever Been Told You Are Out Of Alignment? The Quadratus Lumborum Could Be Tight [QL Anatomy Lesson]

August 24, 2018 in Back Pain

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Today we are going to discuss the QL in our next anatomy series blog… The QL sits next to the psoas and attaches to the lumbar spine, lower ribs and the pelvis (iliac crest). It is frequently imbalanced in my clients and one side is locked short and tight and the other is locked long and weak…

The video transcribed… The QL, the quadratus lumborum… we’re looking at it from behind here and it attaches from the rib to the pelvis. Now here we’re looking at it from behind and it’s shortened on the right side which we call locked short. Here we’re looking at it from the side and the right and then here it is shortened on the side and the right. Now we’re gonna watch a quick little video of the QL shorteningand this is something I commonly see where one side is tight and pulled up… when this happens it pulls the pelvis and rib closer together where there’s less space there and again that’s locked short and tight…

Stephen Dunn
Stephen Dunn
Co-Owner / Physical Therapist at CORE Therapy and Pilates
Stephen graduated with a Masters in Physical Therapy in 1998 from LSUMC in New Orleans and is a licensed physical therapist in Texas since 2004. Immediately interested in hands-on therapy, he began to study with Brian Mulligan and became certified in the Maitland Australian Approach in 2003. Stephen has since studied the fascial system through John F Barnes Myofascial Release. Stephen completed a comprehensive Pilates training in 2002 and the GYROTONIC Expansion System® in 2009. The combined treatment of manual therapy with mind-body awareness exercises using Pilates and Gyrotonic concepts was the start of his whole-body treatment approach.
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