When it comes to pain, I rarely look at the site of pain first! You know why? Because the site of pain is just the victim of the circumstances, not the culprit of the pain.
What do I mean?
For example weakness in the Gluteus Medius (one of your butt muscles) often can predispose you to several different injuries.
These are just a few of the many issues that can arise due to weakness in the Glute Med:
- Shin Splints: weak Glutes are unable to slow down overpronation (excessive flattening of the arch) at the foot. Overpronation will put excessive stress on the shin muscles.
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: this is an umbrella term for dysfunction around the knee cap. With weakness in the Glutes, patellar tracking can be affected, as the knee will often fall inward with activities such as running or jumping.
- Low Back Pain: if the hip is unstable due to weak Glute Med muscles, the low back muscles must work extra hard to attempt to stabilize.
- Sciatica: The sciatic nerve runs either through or behind a muscle called Piriformis. If the Glute Med is weak, the Piriformis will over compensate and can compress the sciatic nerve.
- Plantar Fasciitis: weak Glutes can cause knees falling inward, therefore the lower leg falls into internal rotation, causing flattening of the foot, which puts more stress on the Plantar Fascia.
- IT Band Syndrome: as the hip drops due to the inability of Glute Med to keep the pelvis neutral, the ITB gets tense and painful.
These are just some of the painful conditions you can end up with if your Glutes are weak.
Once you understand where your pain comes from, it becomes evident, that pain meds and resting will not make the pain go away.
I hope you see now that strengthening the weak muscles in your body and learning how to move properly are vital important and the only way to go!
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