Flexibility, Stability and Control
Most aches and pains that I treat in my office can be traced back to a lack of one of the following: Flexibility, Stability or Control. Notice that I didn’t mention strength. The strength of your muscles is a very small factor in most common injuries such as back pain, knee pain or shoulder problems. The painful area becomes injured from moving without proper flexibility or control that causes either a sudden jerk or a repetitive “wear and tear” pattern that slowly degenerates the surrounding structures.
Helping the patient heal requires that we trace back how the injury occurred and teach them how to restore movement and control to the region to prevent re-injury. Don’t mistake the absence of pain as being back to 100% function. The injured area is only healed when the flexibility, stability and control resume during all of your daily activities and sports.