Ginger, i am fascinated with your said successes in treatment of these conditions,

a question or two if i may...

your example of treatment of lateral thigh pain/ITB with mobilisation of L4:

purely hypothetical scenario:

patient presents with lateral thigh pain, i assess their single leg 1/4 squat form looking for ability to maintain neural lumbar spine/pelvis/knee/ankle positions and find they are sub optimal in one or more of these areas.

I mobilise their L4 affected side, and they report an improvement in their symptoms.

Would you suggest that it is unecessary to address core stability, lower limb alignment issues in this scenario?

If they report no improvement in their symptoms, would you suggest persisting with the continuous moblisations, perhaps varying the dosage?

thanks in advance, i am loving your responses, ps 12yo female rep basketballer with >1 year history of achilles pain/local thickening and tenderness, i have been treating for 4 months, slowly improving, working very hard on her eccentric strengthening program etc, biggest gains in weeks after mobilising her lumbar spine, i am excited!