John Gibbons – The Vital Hip Complex

The Vital Hip Complex online course is a must for any therapist or student in the field of sports therapy, osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, yoga, pilates and personal training.

You will learn

In The Vital Hip Complex course, osteopath, author and respected bodywork specialist John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body: the hip joint. During the online course he will take you on a fascinating journey of enlightenment, teaching you to recognise pain and dysfunctional patterns that can arise from dysfunctions found within and around the hip complex & the pelvic girdle.

John will teach you functional anatomy and the biomechanics of the kinetic chain associated to the hip-pelvic-lumbar complex and discuss dysfunctional patterns that can develop within these vital areas and how they affect distant sites of the body. Once that has been understood, he takes you on a fascinating journey to functionally assess the joints, soft tissues, ligaments as well as specific muscle length tests that can alter the biomechanics to the whole of the hip complex.

• How does the hip joint actually cause pain to the lower back & knee?
• Does the ligamentum teres play a role within the hip joint?
• What is a condition known as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?

All these questions plus more are answered during this course

Key areas covered:

You’ll also learn how to identify specific soft tissue dysfunction and weakness within the musculo-skeletal system, and to harness powerful Muscle Energy Techniques (METs) and specific exercises to restore function and stability of the hip complex to your athletes and patients.

On completion of the course you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific pathologies and conditions found within the vital hip complex framework and perform a variety of techniques that will help promote normality.

The principles described can be incorporated very quickly and effectively into a treatment plan to assist in the rehabilitation of anyone recovering from injury.

The Bodymaster Method® is accredited by the Sports Therapy Organisation (STO)