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The knee has a lot of nuance and can be tricky to work on. Electroacupuncture is one of my go to modalities when it comes to working on knees.
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Of course this always goes along with activity modification and/or rehab exercises.
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The knee is also influenced by problems at the hip, foot or both. But, sometimes the problem actually IS the knee itself.
Ankle mobility is an important range of motion in many athletic activities. Proper ankle range of motion is important for people with knee and hip pain. It’s also important for running biomechanics and increasing the control and depth of you squat at the gym.
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Try 3 sets of 12-15 reps to start increasing your ankle range of motion. I recommend doing this exercise daily in the beginning in order to maintain any gains you achieve.
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Here is part of a treatment after a patient returned from a 14 hour car ride. Do you get pain in your back after sitting in your car for a long period of time?
SI Joint Adjustment👐🏻!
Take a look at what it is like to have your SI Joint adjusted. There are a few different ways to have it adjusted but this is the most common that I use in my office. Sometimes having your joint adjusted can relieve your pain immediately!!
But always remember, if I’ve given you corrective exercises, I’ve given them to you for a reason!
What does SI Joint pain feel like?
SI Joint pain generally feels like a pinching pain in the lower back and the pain can travel down your leg. It’s usually worse with movement and better at rest, though when you are at rest it may feel like a deeper aching pain.
It’s important to see your Chiropractor in order to differentiate this pain from other possible causes of lower back pain and leg pain. The right diagnosis will lead to the best treatment.
What is the SI Joint? In today’s video I am going over a really basic concept and describing exactly where the SI-joint is and what it is. It’s very common for manual therapists👐🏻 to mention this joint in their offices as a possible cause of pain💥 so this video should arm you with the knowledge of what that joint is.
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To locate the joint on yourself it is just to the inside of the dimples on your lower back. If you put your hands on your hips usually your thumbs will fall really close to these dimples.
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Tomorrow I will go over what SI-joint pain feels like.
What is the SI Joint? In today’s video I am going over a really basic concept and describing exactly where the SI-joint is and what it is. It’s very common for manual therapists👐🏻 to mention this joint in their offices as a possible cause of pain💥 so this video should arm you with the knowledge of what that joint is.
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To locate the joint on yourself it is just to the inside of the dimples on your lower back. If you put your hands on your hips usually your thumbs will fall really close to these dimples.
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Tomorrow I will go over what SI-joint pain feels like.
WHY do I have sciatica in both of my legs? Here I present one possible reason that you are having symptoms in the back of both legs.
Most disc bulges in the spine occur posterolaterally – that is backwards and to the side. This means that only one of the spinal nerves is affected, either the left or the right. BUT if you have a central disc bulge, then you can affect both the left and the right spinal nerves. Thus giving you symptoms in both legs.
As always make sure to visit your Chiropractor to get a proper diagnosis as there are multiple reasons that you could be having symptoms on both sides of your legs. This is just one of the possible explanations.
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME⚡️I see a lot of people in the office that think they have carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) but usually only a small percentage of them actually have CTS. CTS is a specific diagnosis and it is easy to recognize when the pain and numbness may be coming from elsewhere.
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Many times their pain is coming form a pinched nerve higher up in the arm. This changes the symptom pattern and they may lose sensation in the palm of their hand as I mention in the video. They also may be experiencing a problem in the Ulnar nerve which will instead give symptoms in the pinky finger and pinky side of the ring finger!
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Be sure to see your Chiropractor to get a proper diagnosis and therefor proper treatment.
PINCHED NERVES⚡️Tight muscles can have an affect on the nerves in the body by pinching them as they pass by. There are certain areas in the body that are more susceptible to this than others and often times nerves are pinched in more than one location.
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Having a nerve get pinched by a muscle can mimic problems like carpal tunnel so it is important to have your Chiropractor do an assessment any time you are feeling numbness or tingling in a part of your body.
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Treating specific areas with muscle release technique can decrease the pressure being put on the nerves by the tight muscles and relieve the symptoms that you are experiencing.
REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY📈 This is the type of injury that builds up over time 🕰 . Either strain has built up in the muscle for so long that it has caused pain locally, caused referred pain (think trigger points) or the biomechanical changes caused by those tight muscles might be creating pain as well.
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Tight muscles also are not getting enough oxygen and become tough and fibrous to the touch. They lose their normal suppleness. Applying muscle release technique can help to restore each of these muscles normal range of motion (ROM) and restore their suppleness thus fixing potential trigger points and the biomechanical issue.
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The biomechanics issues (or postural syndromes) that can develop from sitting at a desk for extended periods are called upper cross syndrome and lower cross syndrome. These will be discussed in future videos. Muscle release can be used to address the shortened muscles in these syndromes.
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Repetitive strain injury also has been (in my experience) a tougher injury to get the workers compensation board to understand, but I always fight for my patients whose injuries I know developed over time at work💼.
ACUTE INJURIES💥 your muscles and ligaments lose their full range of motion (ROM) after an acute injury. This is because the body lays down scar tissue to fix the problem. A strain or a sprain is muscle or ligament tearing so the body needs to lay down that scar tissue.
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Muscle release technique can help to restore your muscle’s (or ligament etc.) normal ROM after sufficient healing has taken place. By restoring you’re the normal ROM we can avoid compensation patterns and other potential biomechanical issues that may occur in the body.
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Think of the overinflated tire, its too stiff (scar tissue) and creates extra stress and wear on your cars suspension (compensation pattern). Reduce the air pressure back to normal (restore your muscle’s mobility) and you will decrease the stress on the rest of the system.
What is “muscle release” or “active release” technique? Muscle release technique is used to restore your muscles normal range of motion. This motion is restored by adding a pressure/tension to an injured or shortened muscle and then bringing it through its range of motion while maintaining that pressure.
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This allows the Chiropractor to slowly lengthen the muscle by addressing the tight areas.
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Each muscle in the body has its own specific range of motion and therefore its own specific treatment protocol that the Chiropractor will use to treat your particular issue.
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Stay tuned over the next few days for different situations where muscle release technique might be used!
What is a Chiropractor? Chiropractors treat injuries to the muscular system💪🏻, skeletal system 🦴 , and nervous system⚡️
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Chiropractors are experts in spinal manipulation (aka the “adjustment” in Chiropractic terminology) and this is one of the valuable tools that we might use to treat your condition.
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Please leave any questions you have about Chiropractors in the comments!
Here’s a little fun from the jiggy boat party off Gili Trawangan.
The “Cat Camel” exercise can be used to increase the mobility of the thoracic or the lumbar spine. There are two versions so choose the area where you experience the most stiffness!
💪🏻 3 sets of 10-15 repetitions with a short break between sets.
This is a great exercise that can help you feel great during the day and can also help to get the spine mobilized and warmed up for postural correction exercises.
Try this modification to the “Open book” exercise. Take your shoulder through it’s full range of motion while increasing your thoracic mobility.
This is a great exercise to add into an upper body workout warm up routine. It’s also great for the sedentary folks who need to remind their shoulders what full range is after mousing all day. And don’t forget about the improved thoracic mobility!
Again shoot for 3 sets of 8-10 reps per side💪🏻
The “Open book” exercise💪🏻 is a great exercise to help create motion in a stiff upper back. Whether you’re in need of relief from a sedentary job, or you need to increase your mobility for a proper squat, this exercise will be great for you!
Try 3 sets of 10 reps per side. Increase your mobility by using exhalation to sink deeper into rotation. You do not need to open all the way at first, you will feel your own limitation and be able to work through it with each subsequent rep.
HALF KNEELING HIP FLEXOR STRETCH. Give this stretch a try and get some extra glute activation while you are at it! This will really help open up the front of the hip from being in a contracted position while sitting. Combine this exercise along with the glute bridge progressions to stack your work posture and help with lower back pain 💪🏻. MOTION IS LOTION so make sure to get up and move throughout your work day!
