Flexibility in your back
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I have flexibility issues in almost all of my joints (Knees, elbow, wrist, ankle). Coincidentally, all the joints in the right side of my body are worse. I cannot squat as the back of my feet cannot touch my butt, my hand cannot touch my shoulder, cannot do pushup as wrist will hurt a lot.
I have done xrays but doctor said my xrays are fine. Went through physiotherapy but joints flexibility does not improve no matter how much i stretched.
I still suffer from excruciating cramp in my feet. Over the last 2 years I have built up the muscles in my feet and have increased flexibility with daily stretches and exercises but still suffer from painful cramp in my arches and toes. It seems to occur when my toes are pointed for long periods of time as I tend to tense my feet quite hard.
It has recently come back (2 years after surgery) which I am trying to build that flexibility back. Would love to know your thoughts...
About 6 month ago I started getting really bad upper back spasms, I had an MRI, CT Scan, and Ultra Sound that all came back clear. I got another epidural about a month ago and the back spasms went away (they are starting to come back as the epidural is wearing off). I've done physical therapy as well, which helped my flexibility, but didn't take away any of the pain.
Should I consider surgery?
Put your right hand behind your back up between your shoulder blades. Lean your head to the right as far as you can with your ear toward your shoulder. Try to keep looking forward as you do this. Hold for a count of 20. Do the same with the left arm and lean to the left side. Do this about 5 times on each side. You can feel it stretching but its not painful. Sometimes, it feels good to me to slightly push my ear toward my shoulder by putting a little pressure on my head with my opposite hand.
To massage the masseter muscles on each side of your jaw, place your thumb inside your mouth and squeeze the thick muscle in your cheek (toward the back of your mouth) with your fingers. To get at the harder-to-reach jaw muscles inside your mouth, use your index finger to probe for tender areas behind the teeth, and use the finger to massage these spots.
Other home-care therapies, such as moist heat or cold packs on the face, vitamin supplements, or biofeedback are useful for some people.
Swelling after any injury, if it is minimal swelling subsides with in a period of 2-3 weeks, but in your case it is not so. I would suggest that you take a second opinion of a orthopaedician regarding the decision of surgery.
In case if a severely displaced fracture is not treated at the appropriate time, permanent disability can occur.
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I have had constant, dull pain in my lower back and inner thigh for about a week following my period. It is very difficult to sleep because the ache is worse when I am laying down, and keeping my leg elevated does not help. Having a hot bath provides temporary relief. I have noticed I've lost considerable flexibility over the last 9 months also. I'm 31, my existing health condition is PCOS and I have a history of hyperthyroidism.
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Slowly lean forward at your waist while maintaining a straight back. Reach for your toes. As you reach for your toes, you should feel a stretch in the back of your upper leg. Hold this position for a count of 10 seconds. Relax and repeat 10 times. Repeat an additional 10 times with the opposite leg if it is affected by high hamstring tendinopathy as well.
Lying hamstring curl can help to improve strength and flexibility in your hamstring muscles.
online, or college-style program as it would afford you more flexibility to be with baby more, and give you more time in between classes. If you continue with your regular school schedule, that will be several hours a day you can't nurse or pump.
I'm 33 weeks too and my back has been super tight lately too. My doctor said to take a couple Tylenol and use either a heating pad or one of those therma care wraps. It doesn't make it go away completely, but it certainly raakes the edge off. I've also become addicted to taking a hot bath every night, which has really helped not only my back, but my swollen ankles too.
... I may or may not be posting from the bathtub right now, lol.
If you can comfortably sleep on your side bend your knees up to release the stress on your lower back, or just rest in this position when it has been bothering you. After you've played football, it seems like you need to take the time to properly stretch-out those muscles as it sounds like post-game you're muscles are cooling down and spasming.
Static stretching before a workout good. What it does is force the target muscle to relax, it makes it weaker. The result, is a strength imbalance that can occur between opposing muscle groups. An example is stretching your hamstrings causes them to become weaker than your quadriceps. And that could make you more prone to muscle strains, pulls, and tears.
Take a look at this article:
http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(99)70173-3/abstract
Unfortunately, without journal access through a university/medical library, the full text costs $$, but google scholar caught this glimpse from it:
"Several recent investigations have also identified
a high prevalence of orthostatic intolerance among those with fibromyalgia. ... "
so it does link CFS, EDS, OI, and fibromyalgia (and is by Rowe).
My daughter is 25 now, and 5 years ago she broke her femur and had a titanium rod put in her leg. She's doing fine, and now she's taking tae kwando classes. She is not sure, however, if she should push herself to do kicks, etc., or to be careful not to put too much strain on her hip. She's not sure if she can increase her flexibility by pushing herself, or if she could do herself harm. How can she tell what could be helpful as opposed to what might to damage?
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