I’m having lots of issues in my body. I recently went to a professional who I’ve gotten numerous personal recommendations from. He did extensive tests on my mobility and function and told me I had some very specific issues which he suggested were the origin of my pain and problems. I have not done an MRI though, only manual examination. Here’s what he said:

– No mobility between L5-S1. Extremely irritaded nerves here.
– Hypermobile lumbar spine
– No mobility in the thoracic spine
– Normal movement in neck BUT
– No mobility in the highest vertebra. This vertebra too had extremely irritated nerves.
– Completely dead psoas, he could overpower it with his little finger

Of course he will set up a treament plan over time, but I want to educate myself, get “a second opinion” and find out what I can do myself to speed up the recoveryprocess.

Hey guys it seems I solved the problem.
Difficult to say for sure exactly what did the magic because i’ve been busy working everything from ankles up to neck.
However, one day I started working a lot on my scalenes, upper trapz and first rib, and since that day I have not had any pain. I’m fairly convinced a certain variation of the scalene stretch was what did the magic, so for anyone with similar problems I recommend looking into that area.

cmucker0

This time I went to a chiro. I did this because private care can often see you same day.
Public health care has a waiting list 1-2 weeks most of the time.
But the chiro didn’t help me so I’m due to see another PT next week.

To be honest, there are some great PTs out there but unfortunately there are also many who are of absolutely no help. It’s all about finding one of those good ones… I had a nigthmare experience with one who didn’t even perform any test, he didn’t ask any questions either. He just slapped on a TENS stimulator and left me in the room alone for 20 min. He repeated this all three times I saw him, even though I said it didn’t help. So I didn’t go back. How the heck do guys like that even have a license?

Well, finally. I think I am now on the road to becoming better.
I saw another person today, and I got a really really good impression.
He did a lot of weird tests and at the same time jammed his fingers right into my pec minor, neck, posteriour shoulder and other stuff. I got a good impression because the areas that he looked at and what he said resonates well with what I’ve learned here on mwod.

Key points:

* My platysma muscle appearantly is insanely tight
* So is my pec minor
* And my posterior shoulder

He said that I am evenly strong on both sides, HOWEVER, on the right side the muscles are not working as they are supposed to do, meaning some muscles have been compensating for the lack of function of others.

So he jammed his fingers and knuckles right into my business, punched me a little here and there and mobilized my neck and ribs and other stuff. I’m due for another appointment next week and he said he believes I will notice improvement in my symptoms within a month.

Edit: Now, one curious thing is he asked me if I had ever been involved in gymnastics. I haven’t, and I didn’t ask why he wondered, but now I’m curious.

The PT did a very thourough examination. But found nothing wrong. She complimented on everything. Everything was moving so great. I told her everything I wrote here. I even showed her the picture. She agreed upon the picture that it looked bad (winged scapula). But when she herself examined me she said she couldn’t find what she saw in the picture. I told her it seems the scapula moves OK when I’m moving my arms relaxed, but if I flex my back as hard as I can things go bad.

But in the end, unfortunately, she found absolutely nothing wrong and she couldn’t offer me any solution.

Thanks guys. I have an appointment and I will mention this nerv root thing.
I’ve been to several PT:s in the past for various issues and basically they always describe the same thing: Ice, stretch, rest, don’t lift so heavy…