Guest guest Posted February 15, 2002 Report Share Posted February 15, 2002 Hi Tom, I just wanted to run something by you. I went to another naturopath who found out that the source of my problem in the abdomen is the soaz (don't know if I spelled that right) muscle, which he says lies below the colon and connects to the pelvic muscle. He did some massaging with heat which was hooked up to some sort of electrical device that sort of massaged the stomach and back muscles. He also did some alignment of my body - aligning the pelvis and back he said are extremely important. As to the cause of this, I just want to make sure I understand - do you believe that the pelvic muscle tension spread to the adjoining muscle and how do nerves play into this? All this time, the other doctor was sure it was a food allergy and it wasn't!! I may have food allergies, he said, but they probably cause other symptoms unrelated to the back and abdominal pain. I wanted to thank you for your help - this is the first doctor who believed me when I said there is something wrong with my abdomen/back. Are there any exercises I can do on my own to relieve this pain - do you think moist heat would help? My last question to you - if you have pelvic muscle tension, could this in fact cause internal vaginal inflammation, which may be causing the discharge? Because I was sore before I used Monistat (which led them to believe yeast infection) - after the Monistat, I felt electrical shocks and burning. Thanks. Seema PS This naturopath knew all about counterstrain - he said a lot of the physical therapy techniques and naturopathic principles are the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2002 Report Share Posted February 18, 2002 Hi Seema, The psoas actually does not attach to any part of the pelvic muscles or the pelvic bones either. It orriginates off of the transverse processes of the 5 lumbar vertebra ( occationally the 12th Thoracic vertebra) and then passes inder the inguinal ligament to attach to the lesser trochanter of the femur ( way up deep and on the inside of the leg bone). The Iliacus muslce which traves with, and is usually mentioned right along with the psoas, orriginates on the anterior pelvic fossa ( big scooped out area in the front) and passes identically as the psoas to attach to the same lesser trochanter. If they are in dysfunction, they can and do cause a ton of back pain. They become dysfucntional with certain exercises ( old style full sit ups or leg lifts ) as well as prolonged sitting postures. Very tender when palpated. Best corercted with Counterstrain and deep tissue massage ( and I do mean deep) Then gradual stretching. When your pelvic msucles are all tied up you tend to bundle up into a ball due to the pain. This uses and overuses the Psoas and Iliacus muscles so... yes one...leads to the other. With all that tension in the floor muscles, the blood cannot get into or out of the muscles and then that causes a great deal of anoxia ( starved for 02) which will cause discharge. Also, you cannot adequately fight off an infection with your floor in this anoxic state. Sounds like the domino effect doesn't it? TKOPT www.tomocklerpt.com seema_sura wrote: > Hi Tom, > I just wanted to run something by you. I went to another > naturopath who found out that the source of my problem in the abdomen > is the soaz (don't know if I spelled that right) muscle, which he says > lies below the colon and connects to the pelvic muscle. He did some > massaging with heat which was hooked up to some sort of electrical > device that sort of massaged the stomach and back muscles. He also > did some alignment of my body - aligning the pelvis and back he said > are extremely important. As to the cause of this, I just want to make > sure I understand - do you believe that the pelvic muscle tension > spread to the adjoining muscle and how do nerves play into this? All > this time, the other doctor was sure it was a food allergy and it > wasn't!! I may have food allergies, he said, but they probably cause > other symptoms unrelated to the back and abdominal pain. I wanted to > thank you for your help - this is the first doctor who believed me > when I said there is something wrong with my abdomen/back. Are there > any exercises I can do on my own to relieve this pain - do you think > moist heat would help? My last question to you - if you have pelvic > muscle tension, could this in fact cause internal vaginal > inflammation, which may be causing the discharge? Because I was sore > before I used Monistat (which led them to believe yeast infection) - > after the Monistat, I felt electrical shocks and burning. Thanks. > > Seema > > PS This naturopath knew all about counterstrain - he said a lot of > the physical therapy techniques and naturopathic principles are the > same! > > > *****END OF MESSAGE***** > ------------------------------------------------- > To post message: VulvarDisorders > To Subscribe: VulvarDisorders-subscribe > Unsubscribe: VulvarDisorders-unsubscribe > List owner: VulvarDisorders-owner > > ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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