Chiropractic beliefs vs Massage Therapist and Exercise Specialist beliefs

Chiropractors will have you believe that it's your vertebrae or bones causing you pain because one: You're out of alignment for whatever reason or two: You have a pinched nerve because of a bone obstructing it. Also that fixing your bones will improve the nervous system, which will cure your sickness, sinuses or allergies, etc. They're not doctors, granted they're holistic like I am. They also think they're orthopedics, when they're not. They're in their own little world, even ask a real orthopedic surgeon. I'm already in an agreement with them. Muscle pulls on bone, soon as you have bad posture or fatigued muscles, they'll pull your vertebrae either direction. Pull you out of whack, tilt your neck to one side, etc. It's not your bones moving out of place! Need to stretch the muscles and get regular massages more than chiropractic. It's not healthy to keep having your bones cracked/adjusted. You get more sore.

Example 1 would be: They'll say you have sciatica with the nerve being pinched. That L5 or S1 is pinching it. First of all the sciatic nerve runs from L5 and down the sacrum, and down the hamstrings and calves, but the sacrum are all fused together into one. When we were babies, we had S1-S5 along with our coccyx bone: 1-4, but both structures fused together. Besides the L5 pinching the nerve, it'll be the piriformis muscle deep behind your butt (gluteus maximal). In the pictures you'll notice all these. 

Example 2: They'll say hip pain is caused by the psoas major muscle. We got many hip flexor muscles causing hip pain. They only pay attention to one muscle at a time when it's more than that. They learned the anatomy and everything the same way I did but were taught to treat the bones alone, to improve posture and the nervous system/immunity. Again in the pictures you'll see the hip flexors that flex our hips. It's not shown but the pectineus is another muscle included, five muscles, just like five adductor muscles.  Where you can see the psoas major, it fights the quadratus lumborum in the back. That's what alters our posture if we don't watch. Look up quadratus lumborum. 

Hip flexors that flex the hip, pectineus not shown. 

Piriformis and other muscles, piriformis affecting the sciatic nerve

         

The piriformis is the one that pinches the nerve as well, called piriformis syndrome. If you Google stretches for it, you'll find all kinds using a chair to being on the floor

Sciatic nerve pain, & this so called brace

I've been noticing the commercials for the sciatic nerve-pressure point knee brace. I hope non of you have purchased it, it's a waste of money, it has bad reviews with two stars, and it only may perform one pressure point. The body has many pressure points for pain let alone for sciatic nerve pain. When you do acupressure or pressure point therapy on yourself or if I the therapist did it, it would only refer pain with in or around the area of that spot, it won't reach further up or down the body, etc. The sciatic nerve supplies the hamstrings including the posterior head of the adductor magnus, plus the calves and peroneals. The hamstrings and the back of the calves are supplied by the "tibial branch" of the sciatic, the peroneals (side of the calves) are supplied by the "superficial peroneal nerve," while the Doriflexors are supplied by the "deep peroneal" branch nerves. This is both thighs/legs. The sciatic nerve originates from the sacrum and curls down the thigh/leg. That brace can't relief pain up to the back. Here's a link that talks about people's reviews and how it caused someone's pain worse. I'll also provide images to demonstrate. Highya.com/beactive-reviews (beactivebrace.com)    

Now it can either be the piriformis muscle entrapping the nerve, which picture 1 shows, or could very well be a bulged disc in the lumbar pinching it. Although the nerve originates out from the sacrum, so these accusations never makes sense from doctors. Quite the opposite is the femoral nerve branching off the lumbar nerves. Stretching besides deep tissue massage can relieve sciatic nerve pain unless it's damaged, etc. Look up stretches such crossing the bad leg over the other, the good leg assists the bad leg up towards you, pull the ankle toward you (don't yank on the foot) with the knee away, or sit cross-legged, and lean forward. Chiropractors may show you this or the assistants. 

 

Difference between genital/medical issues & just muscles

In this post based on experience, I wanted to share the difference between a medical problem you could have with your genitals or that it might just be muscles. Luckily, I've experienced my hip muscles hurting, which comfised me with genital pain or testicle pain. There can be correlation. If you're feeling genital pain and you're dealing out, just know the symptoms before you call your doctor, it could be minor or it could be fatal. Here are some genital problems I've read along with symptoms men get. These source back to WebMd, MayoClinic, or you can look up articles on gov't health sites. The tips on muscles is from my knowledge.. The medical problems I lost below mostly consist of similar symptoms. 

Stds, urinary tract infection, anything urinary, bacteria related, urethra, etc:

Blood will be in your urine, experienced pain while urinating or ejaculating, testicle swelling, bad discusting discharge, etc. 

Prostate inflammation or prostatitis: 

Swollen prostate, painful urination or ejaculation, the urethra and/or prostate will have bacteria backed up into those parts. The bladder sits on the prostate. Also keep in mind that anal sex can cause a man's prostate to go bad for those who do that. My guess is the bacteria still coming from the anal, not a smart thing to do! 

Testicle torsion: 

One of your testicles will be higher than the other and the spermatic cord will get twisted, cutting off circulation. They could turn blue, this can be fatal. Must seek attention if it's too much to bear. Could ruin fertility. 

Just muscles: 

Now all those problems listed above will cause more pain than muscles will. So if it's muscles, this include hip flexor muscles like the iliacus that's in the iliac fossa but definitely the inguinal ligament on either side. It stretches down the pelvis and into each ball sac. Which was my issue. It pulled on the left testicle and caused strain. My testicles could have been strained in general too. Or very well be a inguinal hernia. Part of the intestines would poke out the abdomen though.  When you're not used to strenuous work or activity or outdoor work, this happens. Bending over can also flex the ligament and the hip muscles, hence "flexors." Any hip action or even sit ups! Anything to flex the ligament or flexors. It can even be related to the adductors such as the adductor brevis or pectineus. The brevis is perfectly angled toward the pubic symphysis. So you can have pubic pain. The cases are more in soccer players & such though. 

Treatments for the inguinal ligament/muscles. Using a frozen water bottle from the freezer. Lining it up with the ligament and the testicles. In your underwear, briefs, etc, to feel the cold more or on top of your underwear.  The ligament can't be anymore stretched like the adductors or hip flexors. Take pain meds like NSAIDS, etc.. Take it easy, don't bend over. If it's not as swollen, you can try doing all planes of motion. Kick the whole thigh/leg forward, backwards & side to side. To loosen up the hip. 

 

Avoid cereals with TSP (Trisodium Phosphate) like General Mills

This TSP is in many things like paint thinner products, (Trisodium phosphate). Think about having that in your body! One website I read this from was Livestrong.com. Don't limit yourself to one link though. I looked up phosphate, and the site brought up how it's PHOSPHORIC ACID, more correctly, used to make used to form phosphoric acid. It's used in carbonated drinks like sodas, used in animal feed & fertilizers, etc. It's a bad mineral that makes things tangy or breaks things down. Lots of links say it's a rust inhibitor. That's why coke cola is bad and said to break up rust. We all need acids, we have hydrochloric acid on our stomacs. But it all needs to be in natural forms, not modified.. When something's added to our food & drinks rather than what the food already has, that's not good! Acid breaks things down such as digesting our food. Acid can be bad for our teeth too. I can't believe this and didn't know. I'm not good with chemicals but a buddy who's like a holistic nurse knows his chemicals & biology.

I saw a post about Lucky Charms with it in it, and then I went to look at my other General Mills cereal of the dark chocolate cheerios. Sure enough it had TSP in it. Because I care about health, I post things no matter what. BHT is a fat preserver, another thing in the cereals & cheap granola bars, etc, to avoid! 

Headaches due to muscles

These  pictures demonstrate why people get muscle pain, on any part of their body as well as headaches. Blood flow and nutrients are blocked by muscle knots. Thick tissue that needs massaged out because it's starved. Not even chiropractic adjustments can help the muscles. It only helps the spine & nerves. It’s your trapezius muscles that knot up.. 

And people just go on with their day with the same chronic issue not knowing it's the cause! Try practicing better posture whether you sit a lot or as well as standing/walking. And be careful with “text neck.” Neck posture from texting.. Even try avoiding excessive so much Omega-6 acids from the fattening foods & sweets out there, which increase inflammation in the body in general. Instead, focus on Omega-3s such as in Salmon oil capsules. Make sure you buy dark ones with lots of oil in them. Not clear fish oil pills, they're not strong enough. I have experience taking Salmoon oil and it helps my mood, let alone any hint else. Take anything to get your blood flowing also like L-Arginine, one of 10 essential  amino acids needed. 

Kidney pain vs. Quadratus Lumborum stiffness

Alright here's a new post, this involves either the kidney or the QL muscle. The difference between kidney pain due to a stone and such or just muscle stiffness/spasm. If it's a QL (Quadratus lumborum) problem in the back, you will feel it in your lumbar vertebra, or at the floating ribs or down on the pelvis. Also tenderness in your butt. The dull ache will be closer to the vertebra besides on it. The kidneys do sit in far, you have to go through the tissues first. 

If it's a kidney problem then you will feel more inflammation in between the ribs or towards the outside more too.  Flank pain or labor pains. It'll still spasm in there deep as it's trying to exit maybe. In my case my kidney was still swollen, which was causing my tenderness in the back.. You'll pee out blood, which looks brown in your pee, it'll feel like a pinch, and when you pee it should go away. Things like that. Always ask questions on what it is! Look at these pictures and decipher the difference. I've had the kidney stone pain now so I can tell the difference. If it's a dull ache or stiffness, it's the QL and soft tissues. The kidney causes labor pains in the sides or down your groin rather than stiffness or achiness.. 

The muscle treatments can't be a moist heating pad, massage & stretching over to the side or on a ball. Kidney treatments are accordingly with your doctor. Avoid Apple juice, cranberry, orange or grape juice, anything acidic. Drink water, lemonade or anything alkaline. Maybe berry juice.. Avoid excess animal & dairy protein. Moderation. Look up kidney flushes or buy some dandelion root. Becareful with meds being mixed. 

             Kidney stone pain areas

Don't do ab coaster exercises or leg raises!

 If u see these ab coaster things in a fitness store, online or at a gym where they're more commercial, don't go for it, they're a waste of $ and time. Unless your goal is to work your hip flexor muscles that cross your hip joints & connecting to your vertebrae, you don't need it. You think it's working ur abs but not for very long. Your hip flexor muscles cross your hip joints, the one major group is the (iliopsoas), the iliacus sits on the iliac fossa of the pelvis, and the psoas major attaches to the lumbar vertebrae. The muscle group helps you bring your knees up or sit your whole body up. These are as stupid as doing hip/leg raises on the floor or on knee raise machine that you rest your elbows on.. If u study what the muscle actions are & their attachments, then you'll understand how exercises work. It's Kinetics..