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Hip abduction in supine lying with the hips and knees flexed has been commonly given to patients to help strengthen their abdominals while minimizing loading of the low back. Patients have typically been instructed to either flatten their low back while doing this exercise or to find and maintain a neutral lumbar spine during this […]

Hip abduction in side lying with the hips and knees straight is a movement test designed to assess a subject’s ability to activate their gluteus medius muscle in conjunction with the tensor fascia latae and quadratus lumborum. It is believed that the primary role of the gluteus medius is to stabilize the head of the […]

Supine heel slides are commonly given to patients to help strengthen the abdominals and protect the low back. Patients have typically been instructed to either flatten their low back while doing this exercise or to find and maintain a neutral lumbar spine during the heel slide. Most patients are simply instructed to flatten then extend […]

Mark originally learned the Pelvic Clock from a Feldenkrais practitioner as an Awareness through Movement lesson over 30 years ago and started using it with his low back pain patients to try to improve their sensory awareness and spinal mobility. He discovered that by monitoring the ASISs with his thumbs during pelvic clocks, most patients […]