Gluteus medius – the butt of all problems.

How can chiropractic help?

• Chiropractic treatment ensures that the entire body is in alignment allowing the pelvis to maintain optimal positioning, thus giving the glute muscles the best possible chance to fire properly.
• If incorrect pelvic alignment is present, muscles such as the ITB and TFL tend to act as cable pulls. These muscles then take over as the primary lateral pelvic stabiliser, causing the GM to switch off. Patients with inactive GM will begin to experience pain and dysfunction in the lower chain, including the lower back, hip, knee and ankle.
• Changes in pelvic alignment alters the force vectors in the lower body. Here patients will often experience hamstring and hip flexor overactivity, leading to changes in gait and posture. These changes in vectors cause joints throughout the body to overload and therefore increase the chances of injury.
• Chiropractors work closely with the spine to ensure optimum nerve firing and neurological function. By doing so, we can ensure that all nerve pathways from the brain & spinal cord are flowing uninterrupted, thus reducing the chances of muscular atrophy and inhibition.
• Adjustments to the sacroiliac joint (part of the pelvis) provides a strong proprioceptive input which lets the body know where all of its joints and muscles are in space. This encourages joint centration and appropriate muscle tone.

How can I strengthen and switch on my glutes?

• Single leg exercises with a practitioner proscribed gym program
• Wall hip drops
• Bridges on a yoga ball
• Theraband clams
• Crab walk
• Resisted & Bulgarian lunges
• Pilates, pilates & more clinical pilates