physical therapy secrets podcast-Stretch away muscle pain using safe stretches that target the tight muscles causing pain

Mary Smithson Hutto MS,RPT,AT,LMT

Educating you on not widely known physical therapy secrets and on eliminating muscle pain

  • 9 minutes 11 seconds
    SUPPORT YOUR FEET

    If you have tight hips as well as fallen arches, this combination puts marked stress not only on your hips, but knees and ankles/feet.  You need to support your arches to help align your body to prevent pain and degeneration.  A good pair of soft arch supports to put in your shoe or a slipper that has a good arch support built in is crucial.

    5 November 2016, 12:28 am
  • 8 minutes 37 seconds
    Chronic Knee Pain- Do you need surgery?

     

    If you have had chronic knee pain than you need to get an X ray and see how bad your bone degeneration is.   With todays technology having knee surgery may be your best option. Did you know that most knee problems are coming from your tight hips?!   Except for ligament sprains, most knee pain is coming from the tight hip muscles that cross over your knee joint. These tight muscles are either compressing the bones to squish your meniscus or compressing or pulling your knee cap out.  Its easy to get rid of knee pain by treating the cause-tight hips.  Long term compression causes bone degeneration that cannot be fixed.

    20 October 2016, 4:36 am
  • 8 minutes 19 seconds
    Eliminating muscle pain is easy as 1-2-3

    Most people don’t realize its easy to get rid of most muscle pain.  If you treat the cause, which is tight muscles and not treat the symptom, you can eliminate your pain.   My stretch away muscle pain stretching system can help you quickly regain your lost mobility and help you permanently get rid of your muscle pain. There are 2 apps. One for the upper body and the other for the lower body.  

    5 October 2016, 6:04 am
  • 9 minutes 3 seconds
    Treating migraines

    Did your migraines start happening years ago or have you had  them most of your life?  If they started in the last 5 years they may be coming from muscle problems.  Do you know what is causing them?  Is your migraines caused by a past whiplash or from your TMJ jaw problem? 

    I see 2 frequent kinds of migraines in my practice that can be drastically reduced by

    getting at the problem,  tight spasmed muscles inside and outside the Jaw and front

    of neck.  Trigger point therapy and massage are effective ways to decrease the severe spasms in the jaw area and front of neck to permanently address your migraine pain.

    23 September 2016, 4:51 pm
  • 13 minutes 51 seconds
    Dont cover up the Pain

    Masking the pain will only cause an acute problem to become a chronic problem and will cause more pain and degeneration.  Treat the cause, not the symptom.   It doesn't have to cost thousands of dollars to get out of pain.  Stretch out the tight muscles that are causing the pain, compression and degeneration to permanently get rid of your problem

    9 September 2016, 4:50 pm
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    Is it really carpal tunnel syndrome?

     

    Are you experiencing hand numbness and weakness? These symptoms are often labeled as carpal tunnel syndrome when it may actually be scalene entrapment. Scalene entrapment is when the upper part of the brachial plexus gets impinged by the lateral neck muscle called the scalene.  Stretch out the scalene and chest muscles as well as the forearm extensor and flexor muscles.

    1 September 2016, 4:14 am
  • 8 minutes 2 seconds
    Shoulder Problems-what you must know

    The main cause of most shoulder problems is tight shoulder internal rotators and poor posture.   Tight muscles cause the arm to rotate in and up causing impingement of our rotator cuff tendon.  Prolonged tightness causes inflammation, tendonitis, bursitis, arthritis in the shoulders and neck.  Stretches are the key to get rid of your pain.  Elongate the tight muscles and restore joint mobility to get your posture back. 

    21 August 2016, 10:18 pm
  • 7 minutes 27 seconds
    Lunge Stretch for tight Psoas Muscle

     

    The most important stretch in my Stretch Away Muscle Pain system is the Lunge stretch.This stretch targets the psoas muscle, which is responsible for most low back problems and effects every major joint in our body.    When the psoas muscle gets too tight, it tilts our pelvis forward, causing poor posture and our trunk to be forward.  This makes muscles have to contract and puts marked stress on our back and other areas.It is the most important stretch of the Stretch Away Muscle Pain Stretching System.

    15 August 2016, 2:13 am
  • 9 minutes 29 seconds
    The Culprit of most Knee Pain-Tight Hips

    Did you know that most knee problems are coming from your tight hips?!   Except for ligament sprains, most knee pain is coming from the tight hip muscles that cross over your knee joint.   These tight muscles are either compressing the bones to squish your meniscus or compressing or pulling your knee cap out.  Its easy to get rid of knee pain by treating the cause-tight hips.

    10 August 2016, 4:04 am
  • 13 minutes 7 seconds
    Have have bad discs in your Spine? How to live with it and treat it

    Did you know that tight muscles and poor posture break down the discs in your spine.  By keeping flexible and preventing poor posture that puts marked stress on your discs, you can prevent your discs from breaking down.  Already have a bulging or herniated disc?  Learn how to live with it and treat it

    1 August 2016, 7:15 am
  • 7 minutes 21 seconds
    The scoop on Neck Pain

    The main cause of most neck pain is shortened neck, hip flexor and shoulder muscles. Poor posture is the result and puts the head in a forward position, causing neck muscles to have to contract to hold the head up.   Build up of toxins result and the person gets pain and headaches.  Long term compression on the vertebrae from tight muscles, breaks down the cervical and thoracic discs, causing bulging or herniated discs and degeneration to our spine.  Stretches are the key to get rid of your pain.  Elongate the tight muscles and restore joint mobility to get your posture back. 

    25 July 2016, 4:36 am
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