do i need a back specialist?!?!
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27th Jan '04, 12:41pm
i have played professional rugby for about 10 years, and in my last years it was necessary to stretch my back muscles more and more regularly.
Our physio would 'crack' my back with me lying face down on a massage table, getting me to breath out as much as possible and then she applied downward pressure sharply.
I would also regularly do a crucifix stretch, for my lower back, which would also result in some loud clunk's and clicks, which i have to be honest did kind of scare me!
I thought it was clicking my back into place, can someone please clarify to me what is going on.
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do i need a back specialist?!?!
27th Jan '04, 4:41pm
If it makes you feel any better I'm 21 and have exactly the same thing. If I don't crack im worried!!
I would just have a chat with your physio getting more details on what she is doing to you (sometimes they do more harm then good espically when they start applying pressure near the spine), maybe get a blood test done just to check things likes calcium and magnesium to see make sure fundamentally you are ok.
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Back noise's
27th Jan '04, 8:31pm
First you will find that the crack you hear when having your back manipulated is the gas within the joint popping a bit like bubble wrap and is not to much to be concerned about. It looks like to me that she was releasing the thoracic spine for you, there is the arguement that if the spine is slightly are out of line then the rest of the body will not function correctly. I regulary have HVT's (high velocity thrusts) on my lumbar spine to assist in the rehab of a severe prolapsed disc, my understanding of the theory is, that you mobilise the joints to help take the pressure of the discs. I then take care of the soft tissue as I believe that there is no point manipulating joints if there is a lot of soft tissue spasm. I believe that you may need to do both to get a full function. I very often hear/feel joints mobilise when doing deep soft tissue work, sometimes releasing the soft tissue will mobilise the joint by releasing the pressure and allowing nature to take care of it's self i.e the joint realigns itself.Facet joints can "stick" and cause problems and pain. The reason you are told to breath out is to take up any slack in the system otherwise when the thrust is administered you would just flex (for want of a better way of explaining it) Hope this has been of help to you. John Murphy
do i need a back specialist?!?!
28th Jan '04, 9:09am
thanks belinda and john
great help
feel better now!
:P :wink: :P
Re: Back noise's
26th Feb '04, 3:30pm
John Murphy..
In the body of this text you refer to " I then take care of the soft tissue". I totally agree as I have been going to Chiropractors for over 30 years and although the relief is immediate it doesn't seem to last. This is caused by the muscle/soft tissue fibres not releasing and drawing on joints/vertebrae to pull them back out of alignment. My interest is in what technique you use to treat the soft tissue. I had severe back pain after surgery for 4 years. After 2 visits to an A.R.T. (active release therapist, who is also a chiro) I was pain free for the first time in 4 years and have complete range of motion. What technique do you use? JohnSV The "FireGuy"