The Pelvic Bowl

The Pelvic Bowl

Like the song goes, “Words don’t come easy to me”.   However, how we use words can be a powerful part of our treatment strategy for our clients   Bowl – An open, rounded container for holding things. The six bones of the pelvic girdle fuse as...
The Sacroiliac Joints And The Auricular Surface

The Sacroiliac Joints And The Auricular Surface

Pilates Therapy and Bodyworks The auricular surface is located on the ilium and articulates with the same ear-shaped space on the lateral sides of the sacrum. The sacral surface comprises hyaline (the weakest type of collagen) cartilage, and the iliac surface is...
Obturator

Obturator

Obturator from the latin obturare to obstruct. Obturator; to close up, the word was invented by Ambroise Pare.   The obturator foramen is the opening formed by the margins of the pubis and ischium and is then closed by the obturator membrane. There is just a small...
Ala Alae

Ala Alae

Sunday fun fact   Ala or Alae (plural) – Latin for wing. A flat wing-like process.   The Alae of the sacrum project laterally from the top and form the lumbosacral triangle’s base; they provide attachment points for the iliolumbar and lumbosacral...
Arcuate

Arcuate

Arcuate from the Latin Arcus. Shaped like a bow, arched or curved. The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARC), regarded as critical, integrates circulating signals about being hungry or full. It is now also thought that ARC neurons coordinate the regulation of...