Mad About Muscles
Need to improve your muscle knowledge prior to starting a course? Then this fully interactive workshop is for you! The entire day is taken up drawing muscles onto each other and palpating them accurately. Not only will you learn where to find these muscles, you will learn what they do. No prior knowledge of muscle anatomy or physiology is required. The workshop is suitable for you if you are wanting to train in massage, sports massage, physiotherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, fitness instruction. On this one-day workshop the muscles you will find are:
- rhomboids, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, levator scapulae, erector spinae (iliocostalis, longissimus, spinalis), teres major, teres minor, trapezius, quadratus lumborum, sternocleidomastoid, semimembranosis, semitendinosis, biceps femoris, soleus, gastrocnemius, flexor hallucis longus, flexor digitorum, extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum, tibialis anterior, peroneals, quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius), sartorious, corachobrachilais, biceps brachii, triceps brachii
deltoid, extensor digitorum, extensor carpi ulnaris, extensor carpi radialis, flexor digitorum
flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor carpi radialis.
We also discuss the anatomy and physiology of:
- gluteus minimus, medius and maximus, iliacus, psoas, pectoralis minor, pectoralis major
gracilis, adductors (longus, magnus and brevis)
At the end of the workshop you will be able to answer the following
questions:
1) In most people, are rhomboids shortened or lengthened?
2) Which muscles make up the "rotator cuff"?
3) Can supraspinatus abduct through the entire 180 degree range or is it
limited?
4) Is infraspinatus inserted on the greater or lesser tubercle of the
humerus?
5) From which cervical vertebrae does levator scapulae originate?
6) Why might levator scapulae be called the "Mr Spock" muscle?
7) Which neck muscle acts like the reigns of a horse and pulls back the head
from a forward-head position?
8) Whats a quick way to remember the positioning or iliocostalis,
longissimus and spinalis?
9) What happens to erector spinae when a client in prone turns their head to
one side? (And why?)
10) What's a good way to remember the functions of teres major and minor?
11) Whats a quick way to locate quadratus lumborum?
12) Whats a quick way to sketch the actions of the three gluteal muscles?
13) What do iliacus and psoas have in common?
14) Why is psoas implicated in cases of low back pain?
15) What is the difference between pectoralis major and minor?
16) Why is sternocleidomastoid a "pain in the neck"?
17) How to remember which hamstring is lateral
18) What do soleus and gastrocnemius have in common? In what way are they
different?
19) Whats a quick way to remember deep toe flexors and extensors?
20) Why do people with "flat feet" have tight peroneals?
21) Which of the four quadriceps flexes the hip?
22) Where exactly on the femur do quadriceps originate?
23) Which sesamoid bone is found inside the tendon of quadriceps?
24) Which muscle originates from the ASIS< rectus femoris or sartorious?
25) Which muscle is nicknamed the "tailor's muscle" and why?
26) In addition to supinator, which main arm muscle supinates the forearm?
27) Whats a good way to remember the muscles of the forearm?
Although this is a stand-alone workshop, you may find it useful to attend the "Getting Started" workshop first in order to refresh your knowledge of anatomical terminology and the skeletal system.
Dates: 15th February 2008.
Cost £65.00.