CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS seeks to give answer to some of your baffling questions. Many are routine, some quite bizarre, just because of the complexity of the human frame.
My TWITTER.
"My husband has been having severe pain in his right arm for a few months, his Doc said he has bulging disc C3-4 & C6-7. A few weeks ago his arm turned a reddish blue color and stayed that way for a few days, we went to the ER and they found no cause. Any suggestions on what this may be? Thoracic Outlet Syndrome maybe?"
Hello K,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS: A bulging disc (was it diagnosed on an MRI?) would not change the colour of your husband's arm. This sounds vascular to me, and frankly serious. I'd pursue it. A thoracic outlet syndrome is a possibility, a very specific test called Adson's needs to be done. Any Chiropractor could do it, but frankly this sounds 'medical' rather than Chiropractic.
A thorough exam, reflexes, sensory changes, motor weakness, an Upper Limb Tension Test ULTT and Adsons would all help with the diagnosis.
Any lung troubles? Can affect the nerve and artery to the arm.
A thrombosis is my first thought. Get an opinion from a cardiocascular specialist is my recommended course of action. Always better to be safe than sorry. Rest assured, a disc bulge will NOT cause a change in the colour of his arm. That's vascular.
Do movements of the neck reproduce the pain in the arm?
Does placing his hand on his head relieve or aggravate the pain? - the so-called Shoulder Abduction Relief sign.
I hope this has contributed.
Comment: This may seem very partisan, but I wonder if the average 'doc' knows how to test the strength of Opponens Pollicus, the Upper Limb Tension Test, Adson's Test, and the Shoulder Abduction Relief sign? And it's common knowledge that perfectly healthy painfree people can have bulging discs on MRI - what we call an 'incidental finding' - of no relevance to the particular case.
THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME ...
SHOULDER ABDUCTION RELIEF sign ...
- "The bottom of my legs in the front tingle and my feet. My lower arms from the elbow down and in my hands tingle what could this be?"
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS:Hello H,
It could be any one of many conditions. I think your next step is to ask your doctor to make an appointment with a neurologist.
Have you been tested for diabetes mellitus?
- "I am having extreme leg and hip pain during my pregnancy and can hardly walk. What can I do to help this?"
Hello A,
Congrats on your pregnancy, even if things aren't going well.
Can you be a bit more specific please for a sensible Chiropractic Answer. Where in your 'hip'? And where in your leg. Groin pain?
Do this test and let me have the result please:
http://www.chiropractic-books.com/Slump-Test.html
Be as specific as possible.
Which trimester, when and how did the pain start.
Then perhaps I can give a more substantial answer.
BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE.
- "How do I know if he is fixing half way to get more money?"
Dear J,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
That's a tricky one. You have to follow your gut feel. There are rotten apples in every barrel, and I confess the Chiropractic barrel too. If you have a nagging feeling that your Chiropractor, doctor, dentist, lawyer ... are just in it for the money, then I suggest you move on.
Good chiropractic is based on prevention. Is your chiro talking about exercise, rehab, doing the right things, avoiding the wrong things, or are you back in the parking lot before your wife has even switched off the ignition?
Chiropractors generally have a pretty high ethic, and if you know you have a difficult condition that no one has solved, and you are making progress, then I suggest you just be patient. Ask more questions about what you can do to help yourself.
I hope this has contributed. Good luck!
Femoral Nerve pain in thigh.
Lower back exercises.
Improved leg circulation.
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS.
Dear P,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Apologies for the late reply to your question. A huge backlog ...
The Femoral nerve comes from the high lumbar region, travels through the pelvis and exits to the front of the thigh via the groin. There are a variety of syndromes affecting the area relating to the high lumbars, and causing pain in the thigh.
Most important about the Femoral nerve is that it is the innervation of one of the most important muscles in the body, the Quadriceps. Without a properly functioning Fem n. walking becomes very difficult, and a marked limp is evident. So, a slipped disc in the high lumbars is a serious business. Fortunately not too common:
You might look at these pages:
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/slipped-disk.html
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/maignes-syndrome.html
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/leg-pain.html
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/Meralgia-Paresthetica.html
For exercises, over and above those you have received from Chiropractic Tips, I would recommend these. They're quite difficult and you might need help.
http://www.chiropractic-books.com/Maignes-Syndrome-Exercises.html
On the subject of lower leg circulation, I'm afraid I don't have many specifics to offer other than those well known: Avoid standing as much as possible, if you're a smoker, well you know what that does to your arteries and veins ..., if you're overweight, go and take a look at this page,
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/Free-weight-loss-programs.html
not easy I know, but the alternative is that horror, a varicose ulcer. Nasty.
And have your cholesterol checked. Here are some simple ways to lower your cholesterol:
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/exercise-and-cholesterol.html
One last thought: an arthritic hip also causes pain in the thigh running down to the knee. It can mimic a Femoral nerve problem. Is the movement of your hip restricted?
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/hip-arthritis.html
That should keep you busy! I hope this has contributed.
- Hope
What must she doooooo??
My friend was born in 1933; small frame, thin bones, oesteoporosis [diagnosed in January]. No arthritis, lucky thing.
The most important page at this website: CAUSES OF OSTEOPOROSIS.
CHIROPRACTIC ideas about ARTHRITIS.
She suffered a #vertebra in about Jan this year, she says after a chiro treatment for a crook back, which had come on after sitting cramped in the back of a car. She says that healed fine. But she showed the dowagers hump, and had to wear a neck brace as well as the 'hip belt'.
To be quite honest IATROGENIC ILLNESS is also a part of Chiropractic: "Doctor caused disease."
Can't recall when, but her 'hip pain' was diagnosed as bursitis, and in fact, she had a huge swelling on the outer thigh. Surgery was done, can't recall whether on other hip as well. From there on it was downhill. More than after the fractured vertebra.
She's been given physio balance exercises, because she does keep falling about. She's not good about properly manipulating the walker, not being really dexterous, though good at embroidery and painting.
Astonishing for a trained nurse, she does not stick to an exercise programme, the balance moves or quadriceps drill, because 'it's too sore'. She did not recognise that her huge loss of weight and muscle tone is due to lack of movement. She has taken on the persona of an invalid.
Today I visited her again; and this time had the opening to lead the conversation - she's very defensive - to the topic of exercise. I tried to show her about yoga breathing, stretching, and 'breathing through the pain'. She really wanted to know, and promised to be diligent about exercise. I undertook to ask you for advice about treatment of the bursa - a second opinion she had about 6 weeks ago said he'd never operate on a bursa, it's always asking for trouble.So............can / should she do leg exercises and walking - she takes to that jolly chair, and to her bed to avoid the pain of the bilateral bursa. Walking to the house gate, is all she could manage, about 100m.
Any other ideas - supplements? Like some magic potion that would promote strength!!
I reckon she's lost focus and actually doesn't know what to do.
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS:
Dear K,
Thank you for the questions about your friend. I'm afraid my thoughts are not terribly positive. Your friend has lost that all-important quality: HOPE. I feel that it's the beginning of the end.
What can you do? Be there for her. It's not impossible that she will rebound, and then your contribution will be all-important.
You are of course quite right. Exercise, movement are vital, but without hope, the desire to live, these are secondary.
She's been badly managed apparently by both Chiropractic and Medicine. You, it seems, are the only important link back to sanity and better health. Good luck.
Supplements? My best thoughts are a vitamin B complex, perhaps in the buttock, and this Chicken bone bouillon.
CHICKEN BONES bouillon.
- Weight loss
I have severe osteoarthritis in my right knee, and spine and also my hips are very painfull. I am very overweight so frightened to go into hospital in case of an G.A. It just seems a vicious circle - I can't do much because of the painful joints so its not easy to lose weight. I am 57 and will be having my 1st grandchild in May. Can you suggest anything apart from surgery to help me get about more freely and lose some weight.
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS:
Dear J,
The hard decisions in life are won between the ears. Giving up smoking, or heavy drinking, losing a lot of weight can all be done, but it takes a lot of courage and determination.
The pain of giving up smoking and booze lasts about three weeks, but to lose 50 pounds or more really is a 6 month business. Because the crash diets just don't work, you lose it fast, and it all comes back with a vengeance.
Three things are paramount:
1) I want to keep my independence. I don't want to be invalided with a knee replacement. Two knee replacements. Maybe also a hip replacement. I WILL DO IT. Fear of a anaesethetic is not unrealistic - I personally very nearly died through a minor vasectomy. It's quite scary when a strange woman comes up to you at a cocktail party and says: "You won't remember me, but I'll never forget you. I nearly lost you." She was the anaethetist, and FIVE YEARS later she still remembered me vividly.
2) I want to live long enough to see my grandchildren grow up. I want to play an important part in their lives, and I can't do that the way I am.
3) I am the way I am, because I have broken the rules of sensible eating. SO, I WILL CHANGE. I SHALL DO IT.
Two years ago my NJ cousin visited me here in Rotterdam, and could barely climb the station stairs, or the stairs in our home; her knees were that bad. Now, 50 lbs lighter, she's a different person. It really can be done.
I don't know about you, but I'm a Christian. So is my cousin. The grace of God is sufficient for us in our weakness. She's proved it, you can too. Best of all she says: I can now get out of the bath! She's 62.
Just go about eating right, and it'll come slowly off. Get into rabbit food, fruit and foods like Hummus, delicious and made from Chickpeas (Garbanzos). For some help look at:
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/Free-weight-loss-programs.html
http://www.chiropractic-help.com/healthy-living-tips.html
Good luck, and God bless. Do it! Or suffer, sorry to be so brutal. You already are.
- Jaw pain
Hello,
I first experienced tmj disorder after poor orthodontics....it became much much worse after wisdom teeth extraction. i've been to dentists,prosthodontists who didn't help....the chiropractor that i was seeing didn't really help...at one point after she used this clicking device on me i was in much pain...the only thing that helped somewhat was these stretches that a speech pathologist told me to do....now i'm considering going to the university of florida's facial pain unit in the dentistry department i believe.....i do have forward head posture, my tongue has flattened out, my teeth shifted out of alignment so i can't bite right.....and i get jaw, head, neck, back, eye and ear pain. do u think it will be enough for me to go to that facial pain unit and use a posture pulley to correct my forward head posture? i don't know how to get help with this.
C.
Dear C,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Your experience is not uncommon. The TMJ is a very complex joint, and it's hard wired with the neck where the sensory nucleus of the nerve that supplies the jaw is to be found - in part, you feel some of the jaw pain in your neck. And perhaps vice versa.
And if your wisdom tooth extraction was done under a general anaesthetic, or even local with your jaw forced very wide open, it's often the beginning of problems.
I was forced into studying the jaw joint because of patients with persistent headaches and jaw pain. Not all Chiropractors do, and some may be hackers. I was in the beginning! You have to start doing some homework. Shop around, and ask, which chiros can treat the jaw joint. Ask dentists, your doctor, friends and family. There's sure to be someone around. Also try the State Chiropractic association.
I don't use the activator anymore on the TMJ (that clicking device), as my own experience confirms yours.
I use a lot of exercise treatment as well, so I can well imagine the speech therapist exercises have helped. Keep on with them, though side to side exercises can aggravate the meniscus. Simply an ice cube on the jaw, alternating with heat (as in the shower) will help, as will deep massage of the side of the jaw (the masseter muscle), the side of the scalp (the Temporalis muscle), and if you can get someone to show you, the External Pterygoid, deep in the mouth.
Take a look at this page, and particularly the exercise link near the bottom.
http://www.bernard-preston.com/TMJ-ear-pain.html
I'm afraid I have no knowledge of a posture pulley. The facial pain clinic may also bring you some good ideas, though avoid the complete remodelling of your teeth and jaw if you can possibly help it.
I hope this has contributed. Just for fun I have enclosed a story from my next book that I have just finished this morning. Talk of coincidences!
- Rib pain
Hello,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
I have read thru your article about ribs being out of place.I have had a rib out of place for one month. During that one month, I have had it adjusted at least 10 times, and also have had massages, iced it, done stretches etc. I get relief for maybe an hour after it is adjusted, and then it goes back out.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks!
M
Hello M,
If you have had the rib adjusted 10 times in a month, and you still have pain, then you certainly should be concerned. Rib subluxations usually respond very quickly to chiropractic.
Assuming that you are going to a Chiropractor with whom you have some experience, confidence, I would talk honestly to him/her about your concerns.
If it's your first experience of chiropractic, then I would question the diagnosis. Are there degenerative changes in your back, is it a referral from some other condition. For example, bowel conditions can refer pain to the back. Once again, talk directly to your Chiropractor.
Have X-rays been taken?
I hope this has contributed to your concerns.
- Back exercises while pregnant?
Hello LJ
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Congratulations on your pregnancy. A time to savour.
Within a week or two you will get an email with some very basic back exercises from Chiropractic-Help.com Obviously no exercise program fits with every back, so use them with discretion, and talk to your chiropractor to confirm that they are pertinent.
You can get some rather more vigorous exercises at this link. Do them with a modicum of common sense. They are probably fine for you unless you are in the last trimester. Really exercises should be taught by a health professional, so if you are having difficulty then rather seek advice elsewhere.
Enjoy the ride. My patients tell me it's wonderful once the morning sickness is over. Keep a good check on your blood pressure. Toxaemia doesn't happen too often, but when it does, it's very serious. Swelling of ankles, fingers, round the eyes ... are the first sign.
Maignes Syndrome Exercises.
Chiropractic-Help.com
- Morning neck pain and headache.
Every morning I wake up with extremely tight neck and shoulder muscles on the left side and a crushing headache. Are there any stretches or exercises I can do to help? I am beginning to believe this is related to TMJ but I have not been formally diagnosed with this condition.
Hello Carol,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Perhaps I can contribute. Do you sleep on your tum? If you get it in the morning it suggests you may be sleeping with too many or too little pillow. Having both arms in front of you, and one thin soft feather pillow is my suggestion.
It could be because you are grinding your teeth at night, which causes very tight side of the head muscles and headaches. A prosthetic from your dentist may help. If you press on your jaw joints, and the muscles of the jaw and side of the skull is it very tender?
At this page you will get some exercises. Scroll down a bit:
http://www.chiropractic-books.com/Julls-test.html
Seen a chiropractor? This page may give you some ideas:
http://www.bernard-preston.com/Consulting-a-Chiropractor.html
Chiropractic-Help.com
- Jaw pain after dentistry
I went to the dentist and I think the jaw pain I am now experiencing could be from that?? True or false. I have also been having some neck pain. After reading your article on TMJ, maybe I just need to go to my chiro??!
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Yes, it's possible, T. Whilst working on the molars sometimes your dentist may have to keep your mouth open for a prolonged period which puts a great strain on the jaw joints. (I should know - just had a crown and two root canals!) I recommend not having any dental work, unless absolutely essential, under general anaesthetic - you can't object that your jaw is being forced too wide.
Try and move your jaw around, but don't make it pop or click, and then an ice cube directly on the joint, alternating with warmth (in the shower is a good time), may help, and massage the muscles above and below the joint.
The sensory nucleus for the jaw joint nerve is in the neck, so you may be getting referred pain from the jaw to your neck, but that's not necessarily the case. The upper neck and and jaw problems go hand in hand.
You might also try these TMJ exercises:
Try this regimen for a few days. If it's not getting better, then you know what to do!
I hope Chiropractic Answers has contributed.
- Acid Refux
Hello V,
Thank you for your question to Chiropractic Answers.
The most common causes of acid reflux are a weak Diaphragm muscle and incorrect food combining.
The Diaphragm is supplied from a nerve from the neck (C3-C4-C5) and neck adjustments may help, but if you've had the problem for thirty years ... then the best solution is not to drink fluids with or after your meals.
More about the diaphragm > WHY DO WE HICCUP?
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
The second requires a bit of diligent research on your part: Every time you get acid reflux (assuming you haven't drunk with or after your meal) write down what you ate. Soon you will see a pattern emerging.
The 3am acid reflux problem is often related to bread, onions, fat and fruit puddings. You can be sure there will be others.
Eating more at breakfast and lunch and less at dinner also helps. Gravity is on your side! Fill your stomach with a large dinner of bread rolls and soup, a fatty dinner and fruit dessert, and then a couple cups of coffee and you are gonzo!
Sleeping on your left side may help, or with several cushions under your head and shoulders.
Try to avoid antacids. They can have serious side effects.
This webpage on Hiatus Hernia will give you more explanation about INDIGESTION HEARTBURN.
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Good luck, it can be trying. If all fails, you should have a gastroscopy to ensure you don't have an ulcer brewing. I presume you have already talked to your doctor.
- I recently started going to a chiropractor and he said I was very tight. I have a lower back problem which he said my pelvic bone popped out . The first time did nothing to help me. Can he hurt me in any way. I have 2 more appointments this coming week and I am trying to figure out how to get through it knowing that I will be in pain much more than when I first went in. Can they damage someone for life?
Hello L,
Thank you for you for your question. It's quite legitimate.
Firstly, let me say that I'm presuming you did your homework and chose the chiropractor you are attending with some diligence. ie not out of the yellow pages or a pretty website like mine!
Assuming that's the case, relax, and let him get on with what he needs to do.
Pelvic bones of course do not 'pop out' but in truth we use a lot of colloquial language that's not strictly accurate. Perhaps ask him for a more exact diagnosis. At the "Report of Findings" he should have explained to you what Chiropractic is, what he found regarding your problem, and how he plans to treat it, and what the prognosis is. If he didn't, ask him. You're quite entitled to. If he's irritated by your questions, vote with your feet. Go elsewhere.
There is no treatment on the planet that is totally safe, and that includes chiropractic. However, far more dangerous is taking anti-inflammatories (more that 10 000 people DIE per year in the USA from stomach bleeds alone, caused by what we call NSAIDs.)
Doing nothing is also not totally safe. The really nasty backs we treat usually have a long history of niggling, stiffness and pain. Eventually it goes down the leg, so it's neither sensible nor safe to do nothing.
Has your chiropractor mentioned an exercise program? Rehabilitation? Research shows that manipulation (what we call an 'adjustment') plus exercises is even more effective.
Damage you for life? Highly, most very unlikely, but yes I suppose a stupid chiropractor could injure someone.
More pain? Yes, it's true that if you have had pain for a long time, you may have some temporary increase in pain. It shouldn't last more than a day or two at most. It's a time to be more careful and sensible with your back. Ask him what you may and may not do. He should have told you.
Good luck, I hope this has contributed. You will quite soon be receiving some basic exercises. Do them faithfully.
Spend some time browsing Chiropractic-help.com There's lots of information that will help you understand your problem.
Regards,
Chiropractic Help
- I am going through back & leg pain. What is the best medicine to have and what are the physio tips to be followed.
Hello S,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Pain. Ever thought that pain is your friend? It's telling you something is wrong, and simply turning off the pain with medicine makes no more sense than turning off a fire alarm. It just won't put the fire out, will it?
First step. What is the cause of your back and leg pain? There are many causes of low back and leg pain. Perhaps start by doing the Slump test (see below).
Of course it could be muscular, in which yes physio tips may be your best bet. But muscular conditions don't usually cause leg pain.
Quite soon you'll get some exercises from Chiropractic Tips. Do them faithfully. Of course we hope you'll consider Chiropractic Answers rather than drugs and physio, though both have their place in the treatment of low back pain and leg pain.
Good luck,
Slump test. Read more …
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
There are four common causes of low back and radiating leg pain:
- Low back and Leg pain. Read more …
- Lumbar Facet Syndrome. Read more …
- Sacroiliac joint syndrome. Read more …
- A muscular cause of buttock and leg pain. Read more …PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME.
- More anecdotes from the Chiropractic Coalface
- More Short Anecdotes from the Chiropractic Coalface
- I am suffering with slip disc problems and wanted to know how Chiropractic treatment helps me in overcoming this problem.
Hello Siv,
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Chiropractic specialises in treating slipped discs, but it's never easy, and requires hard work on both your part, and the part of your chiropractic physician.
The degree of difficulty is dependent of how much pain you have in your leg. If you have none (Grade 1), then it should be routine. At the other end of the scale, if you have no pain in the back, and severe pain in the leg (Grade 4), then it's going to be hard work.
Start by signing up for our Chiropractic Tips. That will give you some simple back exercises that you must do very faithfully several times a day. They are an important part of Chiropractic Answers.
Chiropractic Tips.
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERSGood luck, try hard not to sneeze, that can aggravate it very suddenly. If you're a smoker, stop. Otherwise your chances of having an operation round the corner are very real. That disc needs all the oxygen it can get to heal. Smoking in any case knocks 10 years off the lifespan of the average smoker.
Sit much less, especially in deep 'comfortable' chairs.
Check this page out:
Slipped Disc Symptoms . Do follow the links at the bottom of the page.
- Hello.....am so glad to be a part of your email family. Been suffering for a long time with very disturbing nerve pain from a sacral injury. Any contact in the groin area is so upsetting. (like a tooth ache that has to run its course)...If the pain starts after a bowel movement I am in agony for the rest of the day. Would ice on the genital area be of help? How do I break this pain cycle? Thank you.
Hello E,
I hope my CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS sheds some light. You're not too specific - for obvious reasons. Is it vaginal pain, or pain in the groin and muscles of the upper thigh you are experiencing?
Key here is that it is affected by a bowel movement. That suggests to me that an internist should be the first step. Have you already done that?
Is constipation a problem? Obviously easing the bowel movement would lessen your problem, what is not clear is whether this is a bowel condition, or from the muscles required to bring on a bowel movement. Either way, what you can do for yourself may be found in these two pages:
The best friends for the large bowel are those containing SOLUBLE fibre (not high fibre wheat and grains), and the very best from CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS are the beetroot and apple, but in fact all fruit and many veg and salad contain soluble fibre.If the pain is really in the groin, the pubic bones and the muscles of the inner thigh, then this is probably a condition called Myalgia Paresthetica. Medically, it's accepted as being extremely difficult to treat, which I was taught way back in the last millenium in my training!!, but being curious about such things, I have started working with this problem, and find that it responds extremely well to a protocol of basic chiropractic in the back and pelvis, and muscle work in the groin. That's what CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS is about, seeking to apply the principles of good health to your specific problems.
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS: Read more about pain in the groin … UPPER LEG PAIN.
PUDENDAL NERVE ENTRAPMENT @ CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERSNow for the tricky bit. Is it vaginal pain? Is sex extremely painful? This would point to what is known as a Pudendal nerve entrapment. Google this phrase and you will find some though not too much info. It is indeed a sacral nerve, so that fits with what you think, and I'm afraid that neither Medicine, nor CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS have any research proved answers. It remains one of the mysterious, and extremely difficult areas. Sex becomes well nigh impossible because of the pain.
CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS
Chiropractors are really the specialists in treating nerve entrapment syndromes, and what is known as a myofasciitis. It's what happens in the forearm as a nerve courses it's way thru a muscular tunnel in the forearm causing pain and tingling in the forearm and hand. So, it's logical we should be treating PNE's but we don't - because of the area involved. I know of only one chiro in the whole world - in Canada - who works with a gynaecologist, and is getting great results.
I at CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS have never done this, you understand, with a woman, but it is not dissimlar to what we do with men, except the entry point is the vagina not the anus. If you look at the Kegel link above, scroll down, you will see a graphic with finger in search of a muscle in spasm in the lower pelvic muscles. He, or better she perhaps, would do the same, working with a gynae, in search of the muscle entraping the nerve - if that is indeed the cause.
Back to the bowel movement worsening your pain. At this link:UPPER LEG PAIN ...
if you scroll down to the second picture, you will notice how the nerves to upper leg and groin area travel down from the upper lumbar spine, behind the bowel and into the front of the leg via the groin. Somewhere along that course is quite possibly where the problem is. In the upper lumbar spine, from a variety of conditions within the abdoman, in the groin itself, and in the upper leg. Some of which I treat on a regular basis, but some is definitely 'medical'. For example a TB abscess in the psoas muscle can press on the Femoral nerve that goes to the groin. Do you feel 'sick'? Or just in pain? Fevers? Should that be the case then CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS is not where you will find any solutions. It's definitely 'medical'.
I'm assuming you have explored the medical route thoroughly, without success. That being the case, then CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS suggests you shop around your area, talk to friends, your doctor, the local chiropractic branch and find out which chiropractors might be able to tackle this with you. I would look for a chiro who is used to doing specific muscle work with athletes. That would be a good start. There is a specific label here: A FICS qualification that some chiros have taken. He or she would be the one to seek out - a thinking chiropractor could apply what s/he has learned about muscles elsewhere in the body, and apply it to the deep pelvic muscles.
International Federation of Sports Chiropractic, Fédération Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport, FICS ONLINE.
But, just to warn you, it's a very big NO-NO chiropractors to do anything through the vagina. For obvious reasons. But working with a gynae there is no reason why a chiropractor should not be able to help you. I hope that CHIROPRACTIC ANSWERS has contributed to getting you onto the right path. Good luck.
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