Pace Makes Space: Small but Significant Changes to Our CST Curriculum

Pace Makes Space: Small but Significant Changes to Our CST Curriculum

It’s been 5 years since we launched our new CST program and we figured it was time to take all that we’ve learned delivering it and make some changes. 

We believe education isn’t just about transferring knowledge or skills, but a living laboratory for possibility. Because of that we are constantly learning from our time in the classroom. Just like we do in the clinic; we reflect on what we are doing and ask ourselves what have I learned from my time with this person and how can I use that to create better treatment with them? MMI does that with our curricula too. Nothing about learning is static.

I want to shine a little light on the lat and its relationship with the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) and how this relationship can contribute to pain in the lower back. This specific dynamic recently showed up treating an acute low back pain case.

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Thoracolumbar Fascia, the Lati Dorsi and Low Back Pain

Thoracolumbar Fascia, the Lati Dorsi and Low Back Pain

There is no one size fits all approach to assessing and treating lower back pain. Each person deserves to be treated with curiosity and as open of a mind as possible. Of course, there are key characters like the psoas and quadratus lumborum, there is tension distributed into the low back via shortened hamstrings, and treating the glutes (especially glute medius) is often gold.

I want to shine a little light on the lat and its relationship with the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) and how this relationship can contribute to pain in the lower back. This specific dynamic recently showed up treating an acute low back pain case.

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Anatomy As Symbol Language

Anatomy As Symbol Language

Periodically we will use this space to share and elaborate on conversations that come up in class (truly, one of my favorite things about teaching and the MMI community are the spontaneous dialogues we get to have when we come together). I love the richness and the depth that we get to almost immediately. As it’s happening I wish more folks could have the opportunity share in the richness…

Image: Archaic cuneiform table E.A. Hoffman

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