anti-road bike doctor

[LBTC]

Hi, Simple!

I once had a similar problem...except it was 10 ribs, put out by a large mountain bike crash....and they stayed that way for 17 months. Physio Therapy was no help at all. It wasn't until I'd found a chiropractor (again) that I found relief.

Now, for those 17 months I had a constant muscle spasm in the rhomboid muscle - kind of beneath the lat, sort of where the lat and the traps meet. On a good day it was the only point that hurt, on a worse day the pain went from top to bottom!!

The crash was in 2000. 5 years later it is still a point that will flare up if I'm not good to myself. but it's way better than it was.

My cross training is kickboxing. Lots of back strengthening in that, and I've found it has primarily been helpful. But I also do yoga, and I can definitely tell if I haven't done enough yoga stretching....it's one of the first places to get sore.

I can do this one yoga stretch that hits exactly that point for me, but my bottom leg is bent under me and I have to use a towel, my hands don't reach!! but it is a life-saver!!

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/939_1.cfm

I also frequently will lay on a heat pack, sometimes just as I'm going to bed, to try to relax the muscle. Basically I know that if the muscles is getting rather sharp/sore, the rib will come out soon, if it hasn't already.

I'm now seeing a massage therapist for cranial sacral therapy, and I'm way happier with this than any other health care practitioner I've tried! She's amazing!!

Speaking of all this, I need to go do some stretches right now! Take care of you!!!

Namaste,
~T~

[Irulan]

Wow, that is quite the stretch.