to aggravating piriformis inflammation, sacroiliac and verte- bral subluxation may trigger a vast array of maladies, including chronic back pain, leg, knee, and ankle pain.
What’s the Risk of being Sidelined by Priformis Syndrome?
Although piriformis syndrome can sideline anybody, certain
individuals are at higher risk. Individuals involved in a trauma, such as a sports injury or a motor vehicle accident are at an el- evated risk of developing this disorder. Those who sit for a long period of time are also prone to this syndrome. A lifestyle of dashes of activity here and there, such as prac-
ticed by “weekend warriors” increases the chances of develop- ing piriformis syndrome. This is particularly true for those who don’t warm up properly before trading keyboards for basketball courts, football fields, and the like. Activities that prompt the hip to rotate outward for long periods of time or sports like skiing or soccer may also incite piriformis inflammation and increase the risk of developing this disorder. People with flat arches, or feet that turn inward also trigger excessive strain on the piriformis. Chiropractic care combines a variety of modalities and interven- tions to correct piriformis syndrome and can lower the likeli- hood of it returning.
Golf and Tennis Are Contact Sports?
Although tennis and golf are both excellent forms of exer- cise, they can also lead to chronic neck, elbow, shoulder, wrist, knee, ankle, and of course, back injury. Although tennis and golf aren’t high physical contact sports (OR, If they are high con- tact activities for you, a lesson may be a good investment...... in either sport) each is still a high impact, physically demanding sport, especially for the lower back. Players often arch their back too far on a serve or bend incorrectly to return a difficult shot. In golf, players tend to over swing to squeeze that extra few yards out of each shot. Also that divot you get from each swing is yet another added resistance, putting more strain on the body on impact. This is especially problematic if the ground is hard due to dryness or is a hard clay base, as is so common in New England.
It is important to always bend from the knees slightly before bending from the waist, on or off the court. The safest way to retrieve a tennis ball, for example, is to place it between your heel and tennis racket and lift up. However, the worst thing about tennis and golf, from a chiropractic point of view, is that they stress and cause imbalance of muscles on one side of the body more than the other. This imbalance pulls unevenly on the spine, creating tighter muscles on one side than the other. Common chronic elbow injuries including Lateral epicon-
dylitis, commonly referred to as “tennis elbow”, are caused by repeated forceful contractions of the wrist muscles on the outer forearm. This results in microscopic tears that lead to inflamma- tion, causing pain. Pain on the inside of the elbow, or medial epicondylitis, is often referred to as “golfer’s elbow”. This is caused by frequent forceful contractions of the muscles located on the inside of the forearm.
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