Masaj somatic

Mușchiul piriform.
Buturuga mica rastoarna carul mare... Un maseur bun face minuni.. Daca ai incredere in el.. Sau o minge daca nu ai bani si timp de masaj. (uneori mai si doare cand pe fibra musculara este un punct Trigger)

IT MAY NOT BE SCIATICA, THOUGH SYMPTOMS ARE ALMOST THE SAME.

The piriformis is a small muscle located deep in the buttock, behind the gluteus maximus. It runs diagonally from the lower spine to the upper surface of the femur, with the sciatic nerve running underneath or through the muscle. The piriformis muscle helps the hip rotate, turning the leg and foot outward.

As a result of overuse, injury, or strain, the piriformis muscle can tighten, swell, or spasm. Sports that involve repetitive forward movement of the legs, or problems in surrounding joints like the sacroiliac joints are typical causes of piriformis syndrome.

The location of the piriformis muscle near the sciatic nerve means that when the piriformis muscle is irritated or injured, it can affect the sciatic nerve as well.

Symptoms of piriformis syndrome include tenderness and pain in the buttock area, accompanied by sciatica-like pain, numbness, and weakness that runs down the back of the thigh, calf, and foot. Pain from piriformis syndrome is often worse when walking up stairs, after sitting, or while walking or running.

Piriformis syndrome is often confused with other conditions, especially lumbar spine conditions. Attaining a proper diagnosis of piriformis syndrome is important when considering treatment for low back and leg pain.

Piriformis Muscle Self Release Ball Technique:

After finding the piriformis muscle place the release ball onto it. Then straighten the leg and lean over with your weight on the muscle and roll onto it. Roll slowly back and forth on the ball finding that Sweet Spot. Continue rolling for about 2-3 minutes and then switch over to the other side doing 2-3 sets.

Nevralgia C 2 ( axix), poate fi cauzata de un traumatism cranio cerebral, miscarea gresita a capului pe perna, cararea unor greutati atat in maini cat si pe spate concomitent, diferte sporturi de contact, accident. Mai adaug in plus ca in zona vertebrei cervicale C2, exista numerosi ganglioni limfatici care au rolul de a drena lichidul interstial imbogatindu l cu leucocite T, formand limfa care se va varsa in sange. In cazul in care apar dureri de cap, vertij ( ciupire nerv cervical), oameni au tendinta sa contracteze gatul...blocand indirect functia ganglionilor. Am avut de a lungul timpului multi pacienti care inafara de rigiditate se vaitau ca simt o umflatura in zona cervicala.

🔈 OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA

Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia is a form of headache in which there is throbbing electric-shock like pain in upper neck, back of head, and behind ears generally occurring on one side of head. The pain generally begins in neck and then slowly radiates upward. Some people may also have pain in forehead, scalp, and behind eyes and there maybe tenderness in the scalp and eyes become sensitive to light. The pain is located in areas supplied by greater and lesser occipital nerve, which runs from area where spinal column meets neck to scalp at back of head.

Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia can often be confused with migraine or other types of headache because the symptoms can be similar, but occipital neuralgia is a distinct disorder that requires an accurate diagnosis to be treated properly.

There Are Two Major Types of Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia:

🔎 Greater Occipital Neuralgia: Greater occipital neuralgia is a common type of posttraumatic headache, but is also seen in patients without injury. The pressure, aching, stabbing, or throbbing pain may be in a nuchal-occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal, periorbital, or retro-orbital distribution. The headache may last for minutes or hours to days and can be unilateral or bilateral.

🔎 Lesser Occipital Neuralgia: Lesser occipital neuralgia is similar to that of greater occipital neuralgia, but the pain generally refers more laterally over the head.

The pathophysiology of Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia is unknown although it may by secondary to whiplash injuries as well as systemic or local diseases. It is believed to be related to increased muscle activity in the cervical region or entrapment of the second cranial nerve root by paravertebral structures.

Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia can be caused by multiple different factors the most common cause being a head trauma. Neck injury such as a whiplash may result in damage and inflammation to the occipital region causing pain and nerve irritation. Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia may be caused due to pinching or entrapment of the nerve root in the neck with the most common causes being tumors, tight muscles, and some spine conditions. Diabetes or gout may also cause occipital neuralgia, but are less common. However, the cause is unknown is some of the cases.

🔎 Symptoms for Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia May Include:

- Burning, aching and throbbing pain that starts typically at the base of the head and radiates to the scalp
- Pain can be on one side or both sides of the head
- Sensitivity to light
- Pain behind the eye
- Scalp tenderness
- Pain when moving the neck.

🔑 Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia

- Pain killers
- Applying heat to the neck
- Resting in a quiet room
- Massage of the tight and painful neck muscles
- Muscle relaxants
- Surgery.

🔈 POSTURE AND GAIT

The lower limbs function primarily in standing and walking. Typically, the actions of lower limbs muscles are described as if the muscle were acting in isolation, which rarely occurs.

It is important to be familiar with lower limb movements and concentric and eccentric contractions of muscles, and to have a basic understanding of the process of standing and walking.

STANDING AT EASE

When a person is standing at ease with the feet slightly apart and rotated laterally so the toes pint outwards, only a few of the back and lower limb muscles are active. The mechanical arrangement of the joints and muscles are such that a minimum of muscular activity is required to keep from falling. In the stand-easy position, the hip and knee joints are extended and are in their most stable positions (maximal contact of articular surfaces for weight transfer, with supporting ligaments taut).

EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES

(A) Lateral View

The relationship of the line of gravity to the transverse rotational axes of the pelvis and lower limb in the relaxed standing position I demonstrated. Only minor postural adjustments, mainly by the extensors of the back and the plantarflexors of the ankle, are necessary to maintain this position because the ligaments of the hip and knee are being tightly stretched to provide passive support.

(B) Inferior View

A bipedal platform is formed by the feet during relaxed standing. The weight of the body is symmetrically distributed around the centre of gravity, which falls in the posterior third of a median plane between the slightly parted and laterally rotated feet, anterior to the rotational axes of the ankle joints.

The ankle joint is less stable than the hip and knee joints, and the line of gravity falls between the two limbs, just anterior to the axis of rotation of the ankle joints. Consequently, a tendency to fall forward (forward sway) must be countered periodically by bilateral contraction of the calf muscles (plantarflexion). The spread of splay of the feet increases lateral stability. However, when lateral sway occurs, it is countered by the hip abductors (acting through the IT band). The fibular collateral ligament of the knee joint and the evertor muscles of one side act with the thigh adductors, tibial collateral ligament, and invertor muscles of the contralateral side.

Walking: The Gait Cycle

Locomotion is a complex function. The movements of the lower limbs during walking on a level surface may be divided into alternating swing and stance phases. The gait cycle consists of one cycle of swing and stance by one limb. The stance phase begins with a heel strike, when the heel strikes the ground and begins to assume the body's full weight (loading response), and ends with a push off by the forefoot – a result of plantarflexion.

Stabilization and resilience are important during locomotion. The invertors and evertors of the foot are principal stabilizers of the foot during the stance phase. Their long tendons, plus those of the flexors of the digits, also help support the arches of the foot during the stance phase, assisting the intrinsic muscles of sole.

Zona politee..(in spatele genunchiului), puternic vascularizata- artera si cena poplitee, precum si o rețea de ganglioni limfatici(care preia lichidul interstial din zona gambei). Multe persoane au obiceiul sa stea picior peste picior la birou. Din cauza blocarii acestor ganglioni se ajunge la acumulare de lichid interstitial, dureri de picioare si inflamarea gleznei.