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I finally broke down and called a local chiro that I have known since high school, and had married my best friend from childhood. I knew he had graduated from one of the best chiro schools out there (just outside of St. Louis), and he's only 3 blocks from my house.
After last night's squat workout, I knew I was not going to figure this problem out on my own. I knew if I kept guessing, I was pressing my luck.
I'm so glad I went. He was very high tech, ran lots of tests, was very informed, would like to specialize in athletic related issues, etc...he asked a lot of questions, was very patient, and listened to the things I had to offer about my observations. We both traced it back to my pregnancy, where I incurred a fractured pelvis. Since then I have been told that the bones don't meet up in the front, and I suspected this was a part of the problem. I had NO IDEA how big of a problem it was.
Because I've been dealing with this for over 3 years now, and things were happening slowly, I never noticed some of the things he pointed out. My right leg is now substantially longer than my left. My left arch is almost completely collapsed, and I walk entirely on the outer edge of my right foot, heel to toe. My right hip is higher because that leg is longer (or my leg is longer because my right hip is higher...however you want to look at it), and because of this L4 ( I think it is...) is shifted quite a bit to the left. So basically, the whole right side of my body is off, and is being shoved up and in when I walk, which is pressing that vert. on my spine out and away. This has the tendons that are supposed to support everything really stretched out, and the muscle is pissed off, and the nerves are all in a frenzy (those weren't his terms
).
So, right now, we're going to work on a long term plan to straighten things out and retrain the large muscles, and surrounding support muscles, to be strong WHERE they're SUPPOSED to be, not where they are now. He thinks that just getting some orthotic soles to squat in will make a huge difference. Kinda hard to leverage when one legs is so much longer than the other.
At one point he had me lay on my stomach, and he pressed my right foot up so it was even with the left, and that really inflamed the whole area I was attempting to describe...he nailed it. Then he put one finger on the tendon that's being pulled on, one on the joint, and one on the vertibrae that's out, and that triangle is the exact parameter of my pain.
So, my squat isn't all in my head! I've just got some work to do. Thanks for putting up with my frustration and trying to help all this time. I think things will be looking up in no time.
After last night's squat workout, I knew I was not going to figure this problem out on my own. I knew if I kept guessing, I was pressing my luck.
I'm so glad I went. He was very high tech, ran lots of tests, was very informed, would like to specialize in athletic related issues, etc...he asked a lot of questions, was very patient, and listened to the things I had to offer about my observations. We both traced it back to my pregnancy, where I incurred a fractured pelvis. Since then I have been told that the bones don't meet up in the front, and I suspected this was a part of the problem. I had NO IDEA how big of a problem it was.
Because I've been dealing with this for over 3 years now, and things were happening slowly, I never noticed some of the things he pointed out. My right leg is now substantially longer than my left. My left arch is almost completely collapsed, and I walk entirely on the outer edge of my right foot, heel to toe. My right hip is higher because that leg is longer (or my leg is longer because my right hip is higher...however you want to look at it), and because of this L4 ( I think it is...) is shifted quite a bit to the left. So basically, the whole right side of my body is off, and is being shoved up and in when I walk, which is pressing that vert. on my spine out and away. This has the tendons that are supposed to support everything really stretched out, and the muscle is pissed off, and the nerves are all in a frenzy (those weren't his terms
). So, right now, we're going to work on a long term plan to straighten things out and retrain the large muscles, and surrounding support muscles, to be strong WHERE they're SUPPOSED to be, not where they are now. He thinks that just getting some orthotic soles to squat in will make a huge difference. Kinda hard to leverage when one legs is so much longer than the other.
At one point he had me lay on my stomach, and he pressed my right foot up so it was even with the left, and that really inflamed the whole area I was attempting to describe...he nailed it. Then he put one finger on the tendon that's being pulled on, one on the joint, and one on the vertibrae that's out, and that triangle is the exact parameter of my pain.
So, my squat isn't all in my head! I've just got some work to do. Thanks for putting up with my frustration and trying to help all this time. I think things will be looking up in no time.
