#GLUTE AMNESIA FIX MANUAL#

Pressure is exerted against the distal leg in the direction of adduction and slight flexion, without any pressure on the rotation component. If someone is really weak, they may have difficulty just holding this position. The hip is positioned in abduction with slight extension and slight external rotation, with the knee in extension. Your hand will help stabilize the pelvis and note any tendency to roll the pelvis backward or hike the hip, indicating an attempt to compensate with the anterior hip musculature (tensor fasciae latae, lateral quads) or the lateral abdominal muscles (obliques, QL). The client should be side lying with the bottom hip and knee flexed to help stabilize the pelvis and the pelvis rotated slightly forward. If you are interested in doing it right, here is how it should be done: We could also argue that the fact that this test is done in a mechanically disadvantageous position and that this position is unusual for most means that you could easily outmuscle a client just to prove a point.

#GLUTE AMNESIA FIX MANUAL#

I just think that 1) the language needs to change (it’s not shut down!) and 2) the way we address glute med function can be more optimal.Įnjoyed this video? Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel!Īdmittedly, most people test poorly on standard manual muscle testing for the glute med.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that there isn’t a need for many people to have better access to their glute med. I wrote an article about it on in 2016, A Word on Glute Activation, and yet I still find myself talking about it today. In the industry today, there is still an obsession about the glute med weakness. And so, we will often see a valgus twitch coming out of the whole which does not justify the “glute not firing” categorization. The adductor magnus has a strong hip extension moment arm, especially when the hips are flexed. I would not presume to say that someone who can snatch 180kg has “weak glutes”. Knees cave in? Some of the world’s strongest Olympic lifters have knees that cave in.

Never seen it? Scroll Instagram for all of 5 minutes and I guarantee you see what I’m talking about. Is your glute med really shut down? Anyone can make someone fail a glute med test and then claim to fix them, usually by having them do hundreds of meters of band walks or squats with a band around the knees.

Glute amnesia fix