Do you have aches all over your body and every time you see a professional they focus solely on one area of pain?
Feel a bit like a puzzle?
Have you considered that all your aches could be connected?
Tightness in one area can pull your body out of alignment.
The pelvis is at the centre of your body, any issues in this area can show up below or above it and if you’re unlucky, both directions.
Tension in your shoulders could cause your upper body to be pulled upwards, creating tension in areas lower down or through your neck and arms.
Everything is connected
When you lift your arm to reach into the back of a cupboard, it’s not just your arm and shoulder that needs to move. A chain reaction affects muscles across your back and into your pelvis and down your opposite leg. This all happens automatically.
Your bones are connected by muscles and other soft tissue, so when you move your arm, the other muscles and connective tissue along the chain need to be moving freely for the movement to occur easily.
When the movement is restricted, somewhere along the chain, this could be close to the joint you’re moving or at the opposite end, this can result in poor movement and eventually pain.
Unexplained knee pain when you lift your arm overhead?
Your inability to reach high with your right arm may be causing the pain you feel in your left hip.
Pain or pulling sensations can occur if there’s an imbalance and more tension than normal anywhere along the chain. Tension and imbalance can lead to poor activation or confused engagement of muscles eg If you aren’t activating and engaging your glutes effectively, when your twist to reach, this could explain the pain in your knee.
Exercises not working?
So if you have a sore shoulder that isn’t improving despite doing your shoulder exercises…. Or a painful knee that regularly becomes puffy and inflamed, it’s time to look at you as a whole rather than the isolated knee or shoulder.
I help people reduce their muscular aches and pains so they can live active, enjoyable lives through the use of soft tissue therapy and exercise.
Many of the clients I help feel like they’ve tried everything and have been suffering for months or years.
Clients often talk about their knee pain and later it transpires they also have a bit of a back niggle and pain down one of their arms. Armed with the full picture, we can look for connections between the areas.
If you regularly have issues in more than one location, let’s see if and how they are linked.
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