Gather the lower corners of the draping and tuck then underneath the knee of the upper leg. With these in place, pull the drape up so that you can work easily and clearly with the side of the pelvis and thigh. You will use either the loose fist or ulna just beneath the elbow. For the body right side up, your primary working tool will be the left fist or forearm. The stroke’s direction will be superior to inferior. You will be working from immediately beneath the iliac crest to the greater trochanter.
Read Morehis technique is a series of fulcrums into the deep lateral rotators. Each, with the exception of the last, is done with the knee flexed to approximately 90 degrees. So, facing the client’s left side, the left hand (particularly the supported middle phalanx of the index finger) will be the primary working tool and the right hand will mobilize the leg. The stroke direction is, within a somewhat small area, medial to lateral – gently but firmly stretching the deep muscles and fascia.
Read MoreThis stroke involves two passes up the inner thigh. The first is done with the loose fist, specifically with the row of knuckles at the end of the first phalanges. The work will be from just above the adductor tubercle on the medial epicondyle of the femur to an inch or so inferior to the pelvis.
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