Lower Limb Anatomy & Movement
You will learn;
Part 1: Understand in detail the boney structures that comprise the pelvis, femur, patella, tibia, fibula and the foot and how they form;
- The Pelvic Girdle
- The Hip Joint
- The Knee Joint
- The Proximal and Distal Tibio-fibular joints
- The primary joints of the Ankle and in the Foot
- At each of articulating surfaces, joint capsules and the different characteristics surrounding the synovium of each joint.
- Learn the names, the structure and function of the ligaments stabilising each of the joints and understanding their positions of most vulnerability to injury.
Part 2: The origins and insertions of each of the muscles that act on the joint segmented by their primary function during a concentric contraction.
- The structure and function of the arches of the foot
- You will learn the origins and insertions of each of the muscles listed below;
Hip Extensors
- Glute Max
- Semimembranosus
- Semitendinosis
- Bicep Femoris
Hip Flexors
- Psoas Major
- Illiacus
- Rectus Femoris
- Sartorius
- Tensor Fascia Lata
- Pectineus
Hip Adductors
- Adductor Longus
- Adductor Brevis
- Adductor Magnus
- Gracilis
- Pectineus
Hip Abductors
- Glute Maximus
- Glute Medius
- Glute Minimus
- Tensor Fascia Lata
Lateral Rotators
- Piriformis
- Gemellus Superior
- Obturator Internus
- Gemellus Inferior
- Quadratus Femoris
- Obturator Externus
Knee Extensors
- Rectus Femoris
- Vastus Lateralis
- Vastus Medialis
- Vastus Intermedius
Knee Flexion
- Bicep Femoris
- Semitendinous
- Semimembranosis
- Sartorius
- Gracilis
- Popliteus
- Gastrocnemius
External & Internal Rotation of the Tibia
- Bicep Femoris
- Semimembranosis
- Semitendinosis
- Sartorius
- Gracilis
Ankle Plantarflexion & Toe Flexion
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- TIbialis Posterior
- Flexor Digitorum Longus
- Flexor Hallucis Longus
- Flexor Digitorum Brevis
- Flexor Hallucis Brevis
Ankle Dorsiflexion & Toe Extension
- TIbialis Anterior
- Extensor Digitorum Longus
- Extensor Hallucius Longus
- Peroneus Tertius
- Extensor Digitorum Brevis
- Extensor Hallucius Brevis
Evertors and Invertors of the Foot
- Peroneus Longus
- Peroneus Brevis
- Peroneus Tertius
- Tibialis Anterior
- Tibialis Posterior
Lower Limb Anatomy Introduction
An introduction to everything you will learn in this lower limb anatomy of movement workshop! Taught by Keith O'Malley-Farrell
2 The Pelvic Girdle
Starting at the Pelvic Girdle, the area where the lower limb articulates with the appendicular skeleton, or in simple terms, the torso.
3 The Hip Joint
Learn the articulating surfaces, the boney landmarks, the acetabulum of the hip, the labrum of the hip, the hip capsule and it's insertion points, the ligaments of the hip joint and it's special characteristics like it's bursae.
4 The Hip Flexors
Arguably the most important muscles to how to rehabilitate poor posture and back pain, not to mention how to improve strength and power outputs of the glutes and core.
5 - Muscles Acting on the Knee Joint
Learn the anatomical movements of the knee joint, the origins and insertions of the muscles that control those movements.
6 The Knee Joint
Understand the structures surrounding the knee joint that can get injured and give yourself an in-depth understanding of how to rehab for knee injuries, how to fix cartilage problems and how to strengthen after knee ligament tears. Also learn what is the ACL and why does the ACL take so long to recover after injury.
8 Bones and Joints of the Lower Leg and Foot
The structure and function of boney landmarks of the Tibia, Fibula and the bones of the foot. And understand what causes shin splints and what is MTSS.
9 The Talocrural Joint
What is the true ankle joint made up of that gives us the stability and instability and understand why our ankle ligaments are at often injured and how to rehabilitate our ankles after an injury.
10 The Accessory Joints of the Foot
Understand how the biomechanics of the foot move at the Subtalar Joint and the Midtarsal Joint as the foot an ankle impact the ground.
11 Muscles Acting Over the Foot and Ankle
Understanding which muscles make up the calfs and how they cause the ankle to plantarflex and which muscles cause the foot and ankle to Dorsiflex, combined the minute movements that occur further along the distal joints of the foot as a result of the origins and insertions of these muscles
12 Recap & Conclusion
Rewind briefly over everything you have learned so far on your journey to a much deeper understanding of the human body anatomy and movement, in this case with the lower limb.
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