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QL = Quadratus Lumborum = lower back muscle.Pain here is very common and used to be called Lumbago.Gardening type back pain = often QL,espesh after bouts digging.
Problems in QL can refer pain elsewhere.Typically into the SacroIliac region.
So if you have pain in the SI,rather than just focussing on that region,it would be prudent as a therapist to assess the QL.
The Trigger Points in the QL,when assessed/palpated by the therapist might mimic the pain in the SIJ.
Fascia is all pervasive.Think of it as the skin of your muscles and soft tissue structures.The heart is wrapped in fascia.
It's everywhere and is interconnected.So fascial restrictions in one area can be felt elsewhere.
Imagine wearing a tight fitting jumper and pulling it at the lower left front hem...you would most likely feel the tension on your right shoulder.
So a shoulder problem might be caused by a restriction or imbalance elsewhere.
It's not left field,just anatomy.
I know of Doctors that know nothing of fascia! But they can give you a drug to mask the symptoms or refer you to a physio who will then give you stretches and exercises [that 90% of clients don't do for more than a day or two,if at all]
If the prob is fascia or referred pain from another area you most likely won't get very far with this protocol.
Importantly, fascia is known to have pain receptors.So when folk are suffering with a "muscle" problem,it could be and frequently is a fascial restriction.It can get dry,rucked up,stick to other structures,stop muscles gliding over each other etc.
TPs = Trigger Points = taught bands of hypersensitive tissue.Aka Knots.Basically the the contractile elements of a muscle don't slide as they should.So they get locked,have poor blood supply,cause pain or refer pain elsewhere in known,predictable patterns.
You now know more than most doctors,physios,chiropractors and massage therapists.