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Joint Mobilization

by Joseph E. Muscolino

Dec 15, 2009

I often say that joint mobilization is one of the most powerful physical treatment tools that a MT can employ. Yet when I go around the country teaching it at workshops, I get some people who absolutely love it and can't wait to use it Monday morning, and others who are scared by it. Other than Erik Dalton, a fellow name Mike Dixon out of BC, Canada, and myself, I do not know of many CE providers who regularly teach this technique. I often like to draw an analogy between joint mobilization and pin and stretching...
Anyway, I have just published an article on joint mobilization of the lower back in the issue of the mtj that is out now. Please take a look at it. Or if you do not get the mtj, then following is a link to the pdf of the article on my website; it is the top article. There are also two other joint mobilization articles on the articles page of the website as well. One on joint mobilization of the thoracic region and the other on joint mobilization of the neck.
Discussion please...

http://learnmuscles.com/articles.html
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    Robert Downes

    The direction of Roll is always in the same direction that the bone is moving and the contact point between the bones moves in the same dirction as the Roll. The direction of glide however depends on whether that bone is convex or concave.

    Usually, if you have a loss of restraint then you get too much Roll. If you have too much restraint then you usually get too much Glide.

    Jan 3, 2010

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    Joseph E. Muscolino

    Hi all. I have been out of town and am just getting started again. It will probably be until next week that I can be more active again.

    Bob, nicely put regarding the roll versus the glide! What is your source for the type of motion that tends to occur with too much and too little restraint?

    Robert Downes said:
    The direction of Roll is always in the same direction that the bone is moving and the contact point between the bones moves in the same dirction as the Roll. The direction of glide however depends on whether that bone is convex or concave.

    Usually, if you have a loss of restraint then you get too much Roll. If you have too much restraint then you usually get too much Glide.

    Jan 17, 2010

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    Robert Downes

    Hi Joe,

    We learned about Roll and Glide at the Gray Institute from Dr. Dave Tiberio. One of the things we do with FMR is to try to facilitate a normal Roll/Glide ratio.

    Jan 21, 2010