Today I had my first appointment with my knee and back fixing d00d. I had suspected my problem was my IT Band for my knee, but my back I wasn't so sure about. I figured they'd fix themselves given enough time, but that just hasn't happened. So I finally caved and went to get it looked at.
It didn't take long for him to determine my problems. In my knee it definitely was my IT Band. The good news is it's not a very hard problem to fix, and I haven't caused much damage by ignoring it for too long. To fix that he's going to be using some active release therapy to break up the scar tissue and stretch the muscle. That and some exercises he's be showing me next week should be enough to have this fixed within a few weeks! WOW! Just in time to start the training rides.
My back is a little more complicated. He said that I bruised some bones a couple years ago, but the main problem is... I forget the name.* It was some bone in the hip area. Back to hip type thing. He said that it's out of place and my ass and hip muscles are weak. I have to learn how to use my ass to walk instead of my lower back, which is what I'm doing now. It's usually caused by sitting too much. Weird. It doesn't make complete sense to me, but I'm going to ask him again so I have something to google.
At the end of the diagnosis he started treatment. For the IT Band this involved me bending my knee up and down while he got in deep and manipulated the band. That was about it for that for now, but it felt a LOT better. I've tried the stretches I've seen online, and they don't to ANYTHING like that did.
For my lower back he did a few things. One was where he pressed somewhere on my glute and moved my leg in these weird positions. Craziest thing was before he started he asked me to lie on my side and move my leg up while he pushed down on it. On my right he barely held it down and I couldn't push. After the manipulation it was much stronger... about as strong as the left. I was shocked that something that seems so simple could have such a drastic effect.
It looks like I'm going to be fixed soon. This couldn't have come at a better time, because I've got a lot of work ahead of me this summer.
*[edit: how could I let this name slide? It's the sacroiliac. It's like a rap-sack, backpack
(wic-wic-whack), give me some slack jack]
It didn't take long for him to determine my problems. In my knee it definitely was my IT Band. The good news is it's not a very hard problem to fix, and I haven't caused much damage by ignoring it for too long. To fix that he's going to be using some active release therapy to break up the scar tissue and stretch the muscle. That and some exercises he's be showing me next week should be enough to have this fixed within a few weeks! WOW! Just in time to start the training rides.
My back is a little more complicated. He said that I bruised some bones a couple years ago, but the main problem is... I forget the name.* It was some bone in the hip area. Back to hip type thing. He said that it's out of place and my ass and hip muscles are weak. I have to learn how to use my ass to walk instead of my lower back, which is what I'm doing now. It's usually caused by sitting too much. Weird. It doesn't make complete sense to me, but I'm going to ask him again so I have something to google.
At the end of the diagnosis he started treatment. For the IT Band this involved me bending my knee up and down while he got in deep and manipulated the band. That was about it for that for now, but it felt a LOT better. I've tried the stretches I've seen online, and they don't to ANYTHING like that did.
For my lower back he did a few things. One was where he pressed somewhere on my glute and moved my leg in these weird positions. Craziest thing was before he started he asked me to lie on my side and move my leg up while he pushed down on it. On my right he barely held it down and I couldn't push. After the manipulation it was much stronger... about as strong as the left. I was shocked that something that seems so simple could have such a drastic effect.
It looks like I'm going to be fixed soon. This couldn't have come at a better time, because I've got a lot of work ahead of me this summer.
*[edit: how could I let this name slide? It's the sacroiliac. It's like a rap-sack, backpack
(wic-wic-whack), give me some slack jack]
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