Dear Friends. Today I had yet another one. The young patient had a back spasm, and a tight sacro-iliac area. He'd already been to the doctor and got a whole bottle of guess what? You guessed it, muscle relaxants and valium. Let's just nuke em! The muscles are doing their job after the joints were sprained playing soccer. We call it "splinting muscle spasm." They are following the wisdom of the body and protecting the injured area.
MORE on this young man in a minute...
A recent study published in Spine, a prestigious journal showed that 63% of patients who saw a doctor took a muscle relaxant for back pain. It was also revealed that patients using muscle relaxants took as much as two times longer to recover than those who did not take muscle relaxants. No brainer folks. Flush the drugs!
BACK to the young man. I found his sacro-iliac joint rotated and extremely tense. After a specific release of the pressure with a nice adjustment, the muscles relaxed and he felt ready for action! No drugs required!
Moral to the story: The body is smart. Muscle relaxants try to outwit the body, but the owner of the body is who is getting outwitted. Try an adjustment next time your back muscles get tight.
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this is very interesting
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