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.