Getting Straightened Out
There will be no trip to Tulsa this weekend to get in another state in either a half or a full marathon and there won't be any running the HMSA Classical 25K on Sunday.
The visit this afternoon to the Spinal Care Chiropratic Center and Dr. Dawn Schwab was extremely productive. It turns out the my left hip is one (1) centimeter higher than my right hip (and it was very noticeable on the X-ray) and that it was causing an injury to the sacroiliac joint.
Additionally, I need to work on my core muscles. When viewing the X-rays of my back when I would bend to the right and to the left, it showed that my lower back muscles were stronger than my abdominal muscles which caused me to lean back more pronounced. (And with the imbalance left-to-right, there was a bit more of a curvature of the spine to the right as I was compensating for the increased height of my hip on the left side.)
I received some ice and electrical stimulation treatment as well as an adjustment to my back which already has started to correct the imbalance. (When standing comfortably and both feet flat on the ground, my left knee would be bent.)
I have another appointment in the morning at 10:15 a.m., will get the opportunity to work on the elliptical trainer tomorrow afterwards and then run some on Sunday.
The visit this afternoon to the Spinal Care Chiropratic Center and Dr. Dawn Schwab was extremely productive. It turns out the my left hip is one (1) centimeter higher than my right hip (and it was very noticeable on the X-ray) and that it was causing an injury to the sacroiliac joint.
Additionally, I need to work on my core muscles. When viewing the X-rays of my back when I would bend to the right and to the left, it showed that my lower back muscles were stronger than my abdominal muscles which caused me to lean back more pronounced. (And with the imbalance left-to-right, there was a bit more of a curvature of the spine to the right as I was compensating for the increased height of my hip on the left side.)
I received some ice and electrical stimulation treatment as well as an adjustment to my back which already has started to correct the imbalance. (When standing comfortably and both feet flat on the ground, my left knee would be bent.)
I have another appointment in the morning at 10:15 a.m., will get the opportunity to work on the elliptical trainer tomorrow afterwards and then run some on Sunday.
posted by WalkSports.com | 8:53 PM
2 Comments:
Hope all goes well and that you get "straightened" out!
Jon,
Good to hear. We always knew you were a little off, now we know physically.
doug
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