Sciatica Muscle Imbalance
Sciatica muscle imbalance is a diagnosis often made by
chiropractors
and
physical therapists
to explain sciatic nerve pain which is not caused by the usual suspect spinal abnormalities. Muscle imbalances can occur, but are actually very rare, despite the epidemic incidence of diagnosis within the complementary healthcare system. Personally, I have seen the muscle imbalance theory abused by care providers more than any other single theoretical causative issue.
What is a Sciatica Muscle Imbalance?Sciatica Muscle Imbalance ExperiencesI was diagnosed with muscle imbalances at the age of 16 and many times thereafter (although the actual muscles implicated varied from doctor to doctor). I was always in excellent shape, qualified as a personal trainer at a very young age and never allowed muscles to build unevenly. Applying this diagnosis to me was shear nonsense. However, at the time, I did not know that and bought into the theory, along with the other scapegoats blamed for my pain. This misdiagnosis set the stage for 18 years of protracted agony for me…I typically see a variety of ridiculous tests and exercises used to justify the muscle imbalance theory and in later years confronted several care providers about how it might apply to me. The more I learned, the less they could answer my questions and the more I inquired, the more they became obviously flustered and confused about the diagnosis themselves… Apparently, no one ever thought to question them previously… Sciatica Muscle Imbalance AdviceUnless you have an extremely atypical anatomy, the diagnosis of muscular imbalance probably does not apply to you any more than it ever applied to me. I hate to be cynical, but in my experience, this diagnosis is used to reinforce structural causation and keep those patients without obvious anatomical abnormalities in ongoing treatment for the sheer sake of profit. If you have been diagnosed with muscular imbalance as the main source of your sciatica, I urge you to reconsider this theory and learn the facts for yourself. Not doing so is akin to being doomed to a life of virtual slavery to care practices which are not needed and based on an often completely illogical assumption as to the cause of symptoms.Sciatica Muscle Imbalance to Sciatica 8/17/10 Revised 7/23/11 |
Sensei Adam Rostocki
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