Re: Anyone have children withtight hamstring muscles?

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane

My daughter used to stand on her toes all the time when she was younger. We

saw a physiatrist located at Children's Hosp. Boston who recommended AFO's that

came up to her knees. These are hard plastic, custom fitted supports that she

was to wear only on night. They were supposed to help keep her heel in the

right position so her muscles would not stay shortened. She is no longer on her

toes, which I think had more to do with her sensory issues and neuro issues, and

no longer uses them.

k

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

[Guest guest]

My son received botox injections twice. Two weeks after the last time he

received them, he got both legs casted for 6 weeks. Every 2 weeks the casts

would be cut off, his feet stretched a little more, and then new casts would be

put on. My husband and I were terrified to have him in casts for 6 weeks but it

wasn't a problem. My son walked out of there the first day. After the casts

were done, he resumed PT and got new AFOs and he is doing great! He even runs

now. It was a good decision for us.

kcventi <kcventi@...> wrote:

Hi Diane

My daughter used to stand on her toes all the time when she was younger. We saw

a physiatrist located at Children's Hosp. Boston who recommended AFO's that came

up to her knees. These are hard plastic, custom fitted supports that she was to

wear only on night. They were supposed to help keep her heel in the right

position so her muscles would not stay shortened. She is no longer on her toes,

which I think had more to do with her sensory issues and neuro issues, and no

longer uses them.

k

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane

My daughter used to stand on her toes all the time when she was younger. We

saw a physiatrist located at Children's Hosp. Boston who recommended AFO's that

came up to her knees. These are hard plastic, custom fitted supports that she

was to wear only on night. They were supposed to help keep her heel in the

right position so her muscles would not stay shortened. She is no longer on her

toes, which I think had more to do with her sensory issues and neuro issues, and

no longer uses them.

k

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

[Guest guest]

My son received botox injections twice. Two weeks after the last time he

received them, he got both legs casted for 6 weeks. Every 2 weeks the casts

would be cut off, his feet stretched a little more, and then new casts would be

put on. My husband and I were terrified to have him in casts for 6 weeks but it

wasn't a problem. My son walked out of there the first day. After the casts

were done, he resumed PT and got new AFOs and he is doing great! He even runs

now. It was a good decision for us.

kcventi <kcventi@...> wrote:

Hi Diane

My daughter used to stand on her toes all the time when she was younger. We saw

a physiatrist located at Children's Hosp. Boston who recommended AFO's that came

up to her knees. These are hard plastic, custom fitted supports that she was to

wear only on night. They were supposed to help keep her heel in the right

position so her muscles would not stay shortened. She is no longer on her toes,

which I think had more to do with her sensory issues and neuro issues, and no

longer uses them.

k

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

[Guest guest]

My son has the same problem. Where did you read the article???

Jill

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

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[Guest guest]

Yes, I have my son in ice hockey and he needs to work harder and stretch

more than they average player his age due to his poor hamstring muscles......

Re: [ ] Anyone have children with " tight " hamstring

muscles?

My son has the same problem. Where did you read the article???

Jill

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

My son has the same problem. Where did you read the article???

Jill

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Yes, I have my son in ice hockey and he needs to work harder and stretch

more than they average player his age due to his poor hamstring muscles......

Re: [ ] Anyone have children with " tight " hamstring

muscles?

My son has the same problem. Where did you read the article???

Jill

Conjoin5 <conjoin5@...> wrote:

Hi,

2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have a

tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son said

his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes. He

said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked his

hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of inflexibility

in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So needless to

say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

children. The article I read said it was because these kids are always

on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back side

of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

Thanks,

Diane

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[Guest guest]

Jill,

I read it about 2 yrs ago. Not sure where it was. I think I was at our

O.T.'s office and I saw it in one of her journals.

But I think its interesting though, espcially now with others saying

that their child struggles with it too. Our little guys have so much to

deal with. I wonder if all of the sensory issues would get resolved

would the inflexibility get resolved too. We continue to work on it

though.

Diane

[Guest guest]

My son is only 2, but I have noticed his hamstrings are a bit

tight. He's just never seemed as flexible as most babies. I

haven't really given this much thought though, so this is

interesting.

>

> Hi,

>

> 2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have

a

>

> tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son

said

>

> his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes.

He

>

> said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked

his

>

> hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of

inflexibility

>

> in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So

needless to

>

> say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

>

>

>

> I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

>

> children. The article I read said it was because these kids are

always

>

> on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back

side

>

> of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

>

>

>

> Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Diane

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jill,

I read it about 2 yrs ago. Not sure where it was. I think I was at our

O.T.'s office and I saw it in one of her journals.

But I think its interesting though, espcially now with others saying

that their child struggles with it too. Our little guys have so much to

deal with. I wonder if all of the sensory issues would get resolved

would the inflexibility get resolved too. We continue to work on it

though.

Diane

[Guest guest]

My son is only 2, but I have noticed his hamstrings are a bit

tight. He's just never seemed as flexible as most babies. I

haven't really given this much thought though, so this is

interesting.

>

> Hi,

>

> 2 yrs ago I read something that children with sensory issues have

a

>

> tendency to have tight hamstring muscles. That same week my son

said

>

> his coach fussed at him for not trying harder to touch his toes.

He

>

> said it hurt really bad. So being an Athletic Trainer I checked

his

>

> hamstring flexibility. It was awful. I've seen a lot of

inflexibility

>

> in my athletes but my sons is the worst case I've seen. So

needless to

>

> say we are working on this but it really hasn't improved much.

>

>

>

> I was just wondering if anyone else has discovered this with their

>

> children. The article I read said it was because these kids are

always

>

> on alert and in the " fight or flight " mode which causes the back

side

>

> of the body to be contracted causeing the inflexibilty.

>

>

>

> Just wondering what your thoughts and experiences have been.

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Diane

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

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