Some thoughts from a physio

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Hi,

I happened upon a physio at my pool trip today and got talking about why

hips get OA and children have problems doing splits etc.......

She said that at a conference last year the physio's were told that at last

they had, via MRI's proof, that a large % of OA in hip joints could be

attributed to muscle problems........ one and/or some being tight etc......

'Why' comes from a variety of reasons and often to do with how they were

developed as young ones.......whether faults were corrected etc and the

types of exercises we got to do etc........... Some being genetic given that

gymninists tend to belong to gym parents who have far looser moving muscles

etc than the general population and often problem type muscles tend to run

in families. Maybe natural selection would have weeded us out long ago if we

still depended on fleeing predators or hunter/gathering all day to get

something to eat........... smile

She said that the MRI's indicated that rarely did actual bone structure have

much to do with OA......... Apparently the use of MRI;s has increased their

knowledge of how all this works greatly........and they can do tests etc

with people standing etc to see just what a muscle set is actually

doing.........

She seemed somewhat apologetic that it has taken so long to get this

proved..........though I think it is somewhat typical human that we need to

have evidence via a MRI etc before we accept the obvious at

times.............and again I think I will be nagging some of my relatives

to check out their teens etc to try heading off hassles later...........

Anyway thought I would share that in light of our discussions the last few

days.......

Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02