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Semispinalis Capitis – Functional Anatomy

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Semispinalis Thoracis – Functional Anatomy

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Semispinalis Cervicis – Functional Anatomy

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Stiff back, Pain on the Side of the Hip

Pain around the Crest Most often, people complain of pain just under the crest of the hip. However, they sometimes complain of pain that arcs in front of the hip and into the groin. If they are comfortable doing so, they will complain of pain in the groin and genitalia. Infrequently, they complain of pain

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Fragile Low Back with SI Joint Pain

These people complain of sharp pain in the low back, as well as pain in the sacroiliac joint.  This combination makes the low back feel fragile and unstable. This pattern is a combination of trigger points in two different muscles that become activated together. On the one hand, multifidi creates an intense, fragile feeling in the vertebrae.

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Pain Along One Side of the Sacrum

These people complain of pain up and down their sacrum on one side. When I ask where it hurts, they straighten their fingers and place their index and thumb along their sacrum, slightly to one side. They complain of pain when bending forward. It may be dull or sharp, depending on how long they have let it

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Quadratus Lumborum – Functional Anatomy

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Rotatores and Multifidi – Functional Anatomy

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Mid back Pain with Stiff Low Back

People complain of pain in the mid-back. They almost always make this awkward move where they reach back to touch the lower ribs on that side. Often, they complain about a stiff low back. They may even refer to it as low back pain as they touch the lower ribs. At times, they complain of how

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Sharp Pain Between the Shoulder Blades

Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. People complain of sharp pain along the spine of the upper back between the shoulder blades. The intensity varies a great deal. It can be nagging and achy or sharp during a deep breath. Although there are several patterns between the

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