Yogic physio

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RELATIONSHIP OF INEXTENSIBLE HAMSTRING MUSCLES TO LOW BACK PAIN: The concept of lumbo-pelvic rhythm illustrates the potential relationship of inextensible hamstring muscles to excessive flexion forces on the lumbar spine during forward bending. For example, if a patient has tight hamstring muscles, forward rotation of the pelvis when standing may be prematurely restricted. In an attempt to reach forward and down, a person may try to compensate for this by increasing the amount of lumbar flexion, often causing injury to the posterior lumbar structures. STRETCHING OF HAMSTRING MUSCLES, therefore, is often a critical portion of TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN.

BRUXING: Grinding one's teeth is known as bruxing and is produced by overactivity of the mandibular elevators. it often occurs while an individual sleeps.tenderness in the mandibular elevators and even chronic headaches are associated with greater intensity, frequency, and duration of activity of these muscles than in those of nonbruxing healthy control subjects. muscle tenderness may be the direct result of over use of these muscles. compression of the retrodiscal tissue of ...the joint, resulting from retrusion produced by overactivity of the posterior porsion of the temporalis muscle, may also contribute to the patient's complaints. the retrodiscal tissue is highly vascular, and compression may produce inflammation and even ischemic pain. Treatment of the symptoms associated with bruxing includes relaxation exercises, stress management strategies and oral splints that increase the space between the teeth, preventing contact between the upper and lower teeth. the splints may also position the TMJs to reduce the pressure on the retrodiscal tissue. See more

SYNERGISTS: A synergistic muscle works with another muscle (agonist) to produce movement or stabilization around a joint. Synergists may include secondary movers, stabilizers, or neutralizers. For example, during shoulder rotation, the rotator cuff is active. However, the rhomboids, serratus anterior, and trapezius must work as stabilizers of the scapula to ensure a stable origin for the rotator cuff. Therefore, pseudoweakness of the rotator cuff may be caused by poor stabili...zation of the scapula; if the scapula is stabilized manually, the patient demonstrates normal strength of the rotator cuff. Synergists work together for isolated joint motion. Synergistic muscular chains are also recognized in force coupling. Force couples are two equal and opposite muscle forces that produce pure rotation around a center of motion. For example, the rotator cuff and deltoid provide a force couple for shoulder abduction. Clinicians must evaluate force coupling within a muscular chain for movement dysfunction.

KINETIC CHAINS (look away from the site of pain for possible biomechanical contributions) Kinetic chains are most commonly recognized as the concepts of open ki...netic chain and closed kinetic chain activities, in which focus is on movement of the joints. These kinetic chains are easily identified through biomechanical assessments such as gait assessment. The chain reaction of the lower extremity during gait is well known by its obligatory and sometimes compensatory movements. For example, foot pronation causes tibial internal rotation, which causes knee valgus and hip internal rotation. During gait, the neuromuscular system must control these linked kinetic motions. Often, pathology is related to a dysfunction in compensation in the kinetic chain: Through the kinetic chain, foot pronation may cause faulty lumbar positioning, requiring additional trunk stabilization. Therefore, clinicians must look away from the site of pain for possible biomechanical contributions. For example, orthopedic surgeon Ben Kibler (1998a) used kinetic chains to describe both function and pathology of the shoulder. He noted that in the overhead throwing motion, force is summated throughout the kinetic chain via force production at various joints from the lower body to the hand. Kibler recognized that any change in timing or force generation may result in poor performance or pathology at another level within the chain. This demonstrates the principle that the kinetic chain is only as strong as its weakest link. See more

STRUCTURAL POSTURAL CHAINS: The positioning of skeletal structures directly influences adjacent structures. The most recognized postural chain occurs throughout the spine. The postural position of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine is often assessed in patients with musculoskeletal pain. Proper positioning in these regions is also emphasized during exercise to promote normal and safe movement. Because the regions of the spinal column are interconnected ...through the vertebral system, changes in one region may affect another region through a chain reaction. Poor posture is a chain reaction occurring throughout the spine, from the position of the pelvis to the position of the head. Alois Brugger, a Swiss neurologist, used a cogwheel mechanism to describe this postural chain reaction in the spine this description became known as Brugger sitting posture. Poor sitting posture encourages a posterior pelvic tilt (a counterclockwise cogwheel) that reduces the normal lordosis of the lumbar spine. This reverses the normal kyphosis of the thoracic spine through a counterclockwise cogwheel that then creates a counterclockwise cogwheel within the cervical spine. This final cogwheel influences the forward position of the head in typical poor posture. Briigger used his cogwheel illustration as a teaching aid for patients. He encouraged them to assume proper posture by using the lower cogwheel to move the pelvis forward, which in turn moves the chest upward through the middle cogwheel and then stretches the neck to reposition the head through the uppermost cogwheel.

CERVICAL DISC DEGENERATION - FORWARD HEAD POSTURE 1. cervical disc degeneration is common; one study reports finding degeneration in over 80% of the cervical discs examined in asymptomatic individuals over 60 years of age. 2. disc degeneration is considerably more common in the LOWER cervical region than in the upper cervical region.... 3. The loads on the lower cervical region are likely to increase in abnormal head alignments such as in FORWARD HEAD POSTURE, in which the head is positioned even farther anterior to the C7-T1 junction, increases its flexion moment on the lower cervical spine. INTERVENTIONS to reduce forward head posture may be important in preventing disc degeneration, as well as in treating the symptoms associated with cervical disc degeneration.

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