Part 2: How can adhesion lead to pain?
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In part one, we covered how adhesions form, but how can adhesion lead to all of the following problems?
- Neck pain
- Low back pain
- Disc injuries
- Carpal tunnel
- Tennis elbow
- Golfers elbow
- Headaches
- Plantar Fasciitis
Adhesions can create abnormal movement of a joint resulting in pain. The easiest way to visualize this is to look at the shoulder joint. To simplify things, we will discuss the rotator cuff muscles, as they play the largest role in maintaining proper positioning of the shoulder joint. The rotator cuff is a group of 4 muscles that surround your shoulder.
If you were to lift your arms overhead, with or without weight, the rotator cuff muscles keep the joint in proper position.
Muscles adhesions will act like glue and limit the strength and flexibility of the muscles. Adhesions will limit the muscles ability to maintain proper joint position resulting in shoulder impingement. This can set the stage for bursitis, rotator cuff tear, and shoulder pain, especially in the front and outside of your shoulder.
We could break down every joint in the body the same way and the root cause would likely be altered joint movement from muscle adhesions.
Next time, we will explain what to do if you have pain.
Part 3: How to diagnose and treat adhesion?
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