KINESIOL 4KK3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lumbar Vertebrae, Hip, Piriformis Muscle

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KINESIOL 4KK3
• Professor: Krista M Baker

Document Summary

Kin 4kk3 lecture 12 lumbar conditions cont. and cervical spine: recall from last lecture function of si joint, pain patterns and reasons why you might experience pain at the si joint. Aggravating activities and other symptoms (patient presentation): nutation of the sacrum (moving sacrum) would be aggravating - when would nutation of the sacrum happening - spine moving into flexion. I. e. whenever were flexing/extending we can expect the sacrum to be nutating and counter nutating in sagittal plane: nutation - flexion of the spine, counter nutation - extension of the spine. Going up the stairs, any kind of lunging activity. Some people may get a sense (if grossly hypermobile in si joint) of instability - feel a shifting in the. Si joint with every step they take - extreme case: may feel like a clunk sensation, feel like they need to put something back into place and get into a certain position to do this.