In the case of Dave B.’s back pain from lifting, Neuromuscular Therapy treatment at my Metro-West Boston clinic was as follows: The first job was to flush the tissues. Metabolic waste products accumulate from the body’s automatic response to the injury as well as those from muscle hyperactivity. Presence of these wastes feel like the […]
As a Neuromuscular Therapist, how do I think about acute hip pain, particularly in the case of Addison G.. In acute pain cases, I have to determine quickly where the pain is originating. Since Addison was sure this was not a back problem or bursitis or joint disease, the most logical source was a gluteus medius Trigger Point which refers […]
In the case of Addison G., treatment for acute hip pain was as follows: The culprit was the gluteus medius as I had suspected, but other muscles were involved. All were treated with Neuromuscular Therapy techniques in my greater Boston clinic. The gluteus medius radiated hot pain all around one specific Trigger Point site. It’s […]
As a Neuromuscular Therapist, how do I think about back injuries caused by lifting and shoveling? (Find information below on lumbar muscles, side-body muscles, supporting low back structures, gluteal muscle involvement and joint compression. More information is in the blog on “Understanding low back pain.”) It’s a common event to injure the low back muscles […]
As a Neuromuscular Therapist, how do I think about the muscle pain and numbness caused by a herniated disc? Whenever there is a problem in the low back such as a herniated disc, the nerve signals generated by the irritation there can cause symptoms down into the muscles along the nerve pathway that can persist long […]
The symptoms of butt and leg pain, numbness and burning in the foot and “foot drop” that were caused by muscles in Pablo’s case were treated with Neuromuscular Therapy techniques in my clinic West of Boston. Trigger Points, nerve entrapment (piriformis syndrome), and local muscle inflammation were all addressed. Treatment included NMT locally in his […]
Pablo had 36 treatments in my Neuromuscular Therapy clinic and only needs maintenance now. He started at twice a week for a month then once a week for a month, and kept stretching out the time between treatments depending on the the window of time in which his pain returned. My criteria for a “breakthrough” […]
Pain deep in the buttock and down the leg is a disturbing symptom of a herniated disc.A metro-West Boston Physiatrist sent a 60 year old patient for treatment in my Neuromuscular Therapy Center. His pain was one-sided and deep in the buttock. He would feel referred sensations down his leg when he was active and would […]
Herniated discs in the low back (especially L4,L5 and S1)) don’t always cause pain, but when they do, irritation of the nerve root affects all of the muscles along the sciatic pathway. With medical sources ruled out in the spine and disc , the pain is most likely caused by muscles. When butt and leg pain are […]
After four months of weekly Neuromuscular Therapy treatments in my clinic southwest of Boston, Sally began to respond. Symptoms gradually reduced in all of the muscles, tendons and ligaments in the lumbar spine and the muscles in the buttocks and hips. As time allowed, other treatments included the muscles of the thigh, and muscles along […]