Category Archives: Lower Extremities
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Floating Pain
Posted on April 26, 2019 by Dawn in Anatomy, Articles, Back & Spine, Hips & Sacrum, Human Body, Lower Back, Lower Extremities, Lower Leg, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueFloating Pain I want to describe a session I recently had with you. Client’s complaint was hip and pelvic pain that “floated” into the lower back once in awhile. I started at the feet. I checked the plantar flexion and dorsiflexion in each ankle. The right ankle moved easier into plantar flexion with limited dorsiflexion. […]
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Shortened Hip Flexors
Posted on December 31, 2018 by Dawn in Anatomy, bodywork, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueShortened Hip Flexors A new client came to me because she had searing, burning pain on the upper lateral right thigh. This was stopping her from moving well. She had been to many people without any relief. Her issue, after assessment, appeared to be coming from shortened hip flexors. As well as a narrowing of […]
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Deep Muscle & Connective Tissue
Posted on December 14, 2018 by Dawn in Anatomy, Feet, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueDeep Muscle & Connective Tissue I work on quite a few therapists and doctors. So, this week I saw both a massage therapist and a chiropractor whose complaint was hip pain. Both times it turned out that the hip was a symptom of pain coming from lower down the leg. For the massage therapist, the […]
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SMRT Student Experiences
Posted on April 27, 2018 by Dawn in Anatomy, Arm & Hand, bodywork, Lower Back, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique17 Years of Pain! I just finished teaching our SMRT head & neck, arm & hand block. We had a couple of interesting things come up for the therapists/students in class. One woman came to class in severe pain that apparently began after the birth of her youngest child…..17 years ago!….and has not let up […]
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Pelvic Pain and SMRT
Posted on March 30, 2018 by Dawn in Anatomy, bodywork, Hips & Sacrum, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniquePelvic Pain and SMRT One of the newer clients I have is a 21-year-old girl with severe pelvic pain who has seen multiple doctors. The consensus is that the issue is muscular. The muscles around the tops of her thighs are amazingly tight and painful for her. There are little ways to work on this […]
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SMRT and Lymph Drainage
Posted on October 20, 2017 by Dawn in bodywork, Hips & Sacrum, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, NCBTMB approved continuing education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueThis past Thursday I did a tutorial with a therapist who has taken several SMRT classes with me. We were in her office working on her clients. She is a lymphedema therapist, so all the clients we saw had lymphedema. I too am a lymphedema therapist, using lymph drainage with SMRT. A Client with Lymphedema […]
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SMRT Can Help Chronic Pain
Posted on September 22, 2017 by Dawn in bodywork, Hips & Sacrum, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueWhile at the AMTA convention, we did free 15 minute SMRT sessions at our booth to promote the technique, videos, and classes. I spent quite a bit of time working on lower extremities while there. One of the therapists I worked on (who also happened to be a CE instructor) had a chronic hip problem. […]
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SMRT Works on Lower Extremities
Posted on September 8, 2017 by Dawn in bodywork, Human Body, Legs, Lower Back, Lower Extremities, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueI met a therapist in a class last year who, at only 26 years old, was bent at the hip. I attempted to help her with body mechanics, and she explained that it had been 2 years since she had stood up straight. She had given up on getting rid of the lower back pain […]
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Can You Use SMRT on the Hips?
Posted on July 14, 2017 by Dawn in bodywork, Hips & Sacrum, Lower Extremities, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueI recently was teaching a class on the lower extremities, and many of the therapists were focused on the hip. We were changing the hip balance by working on the lower extremities. One therapist came in with TFL pain that he had been foam rolling constantly for months without lasting pain relief. He was working […]
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SMRT as Continuing Education for Personal Trainers
Posted on June 16, 2017 by Dawn in Anatomy, Feet, Human Body, Knees, Legs, Lower Extremities, Physiology, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueIn May, I became a certified personal trainer. I did this mainly to add value to my teaching and the SMRT video streaming service. I also did this because several states have prohibited bodyworkers from giving clients stretches or exercises and I think more will follow suit. I feel like the exercise piece is the […]
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Tibialis Posterior Update
Posted on November 3, 2015 by Dawn in Feet, Hips & Sacrum, Lower Extremities, Lower Leg, Questions and Answers, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueAn update for the client in the “Tibialis posterior and foot dysfunction” article: the client/student/massage therapist/acupuncturist/volleyball goddess came back to see me yesterday. Her feet still felt much more centered, but the pain in her knees had returned. We moved further up her leg and I checked the pattern in her right femur. I […]
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Tibialis Posterior and Foot Dysfunction
Posted on November 3, 2015 by Dawn in Articles, Feet, Knees, Legs, Lower Extremities, Lower Leg, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueBy Dawn Lewis Tibialis posterior is located deep in the posterior compartment of the lower leg. It originates from the lateral side of the posterior tibia, the medial aspect of the posterior fibula, and the interosseous membrane between the tibia and the fibula. It inserts on the plantar surface of four of the tarsal bones […]
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In the SMRT system the first question we ask is “Why?”
Posted on October 7, 2015 by Dawn in Abdomen, Feet, Lower Extremities, Lower Leg, NCBTMB approved continuing education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueI just returned from an SMRT class that I taught in Trinidad, CO. The class was small, but I always take a teaching assistant in case we end up uneven. The class we were teaching was SMRT: Hips, Lower Back, & Abdomen. I decided that my TA and I would get into the trades. This […]
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Alleviating back pain by working the thigh
Posted on July 20, 2015 by Dawn in Legs, Lower Back, Lower Extremities, Massage CE's on DVD, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueJoin Full Circle in Lake Elmo, MN and learn this incredible bodywork modality. We will be teaching Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique (SMRT): Thigh & Knee and Lower Leg & Foot from August 7-9, 2015. Each class is NCBTMB approved for 12 CE’s. Register now at https://efullcircle.com/workshop-schedule/ One of the ways to alleviate lower back pain […]
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Lower Extremity Week
Posted on March 14, 2015 by Dawn in Hips & Sacrum, Legs, Lower Extremities, Lower Leg, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueSo, after teaching SMRT: Thigh & Knee and SMRT: Lower Leg & Foot in Tucson last weekend (which was a class filled with fantastic people who made the experience absolutely wonderful), I spent the week working on these very areas. It was a lower extremity week. From the woman who had burning down the lateral […]
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The Peroneus Tertius Muscle
Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dawn in Lower Extremities, Lower Leg, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueLet’s talk about peroneus tertius, which is also called fibularis tertius. This is a muscle that can be left out of anatomy teachings. It the smallest of the three peroneal muscles. Anatomical information for peroneus tertius is as follows: O: Lower 1/3 of the anterior fibula and the anterior intermuscular septum between extensor digitorum longus […]
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Combining Modalities Works
Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dawn in Lower Extremities, Lower LegYesterday I had a session with my Rolfer. I see her about once a month. For the past year I have been having knee pain due to a malalignment of my right leg (i.e., ankle, lower leg, knee, thigh, and hip are all involved). I have had her work on this several times and I […]
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