Re: Adhesions -

[Guest guest]

> Mike,

> MUA means manipulation under anesthesia.

> Sincerely, S.

> Re: Adhesions

Thanks. I usually cheat and ask Barb off-line when I run into one

of these that I don't recognize, but she was off shopping with her

mother so I couldn't.

[Guest guest]

Mike, You're welcome. Do you have any insight on what I posted yesterday about

ruptured tendons and torn meniscus's.

Sincerely, S.

Re: Adhesions

Thanks. I usually cheat and ask Barb off-line when I run into one

of these that I don't recognize, but she was off shopping with her

mother so I couldn't.

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[Guest guest]

> Mike, You're welcome. Do you have any insight on what I posted

yesterday about ruptured tendons and torn meniscus's.

> Sincerely, S.

Probably more guesswork and supposition than insight, but there are

some things I can toss out. The first question is whether or not

you are taking Glucosamine and Chondroitin supplements. If you

aren't, I would strongly suggest that you check into it.

Your ruptures and tears are essentially occuring in the connective

tissue within the joint capsule, the tendons connecting the involved

muscles to the bones of the knee (or any other) joint and the

ligaments connecting or joining the various bones of the joint to

each other. The fiber structure of a muscle in the " body " of the

muscle is different than the fiber structure of the tendon portion

of the muscle. Tendons and ligaments are more cartilagenous in

nature.

The effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin are well documented

for joint maintenance and repair. They slow, stop and in some cases

reverse the degeneration of the joint cartilage. In essence, they

help repair or rebuild cartilage. There have been numerous double-

blind studies in Europe dating back to well over twenty years ago.

It has only been within the last couple of years that the FDA

finally got around to requiring similar studies here. Premliminary

results have uniformly substantiated the European studies. ly,

the FDA had it shoved down their throats. Conventional doctors

wouldn't recommend these to their patients because they

were " supplements " and fell outside what is known as " the standard

of care. " But so many people were using them on their own and

getting results that the FDA basically had no choice but order the

study. The FDA study cleared the block that kept conventional

doctors from recommending them.

If you were talking about a single instance of rupture or tear, the

general assumption would be an injury, such as cutting the corner

too tight while trying to avoid a tackle on the football field or

taking a good slip while jogging. But you aren't. You are talking

about reptitive cases, and probably with no really significant

causative event each time. And that is suggestive of some kind of

inherent weakness in the " structure or makeup " of the tendons and/or

ligaments. Well, guess what a pretty basic definition of EDS is - a

genetic defect in connective tissue. Tendons and ligaments =

connective tissue.

The conventional medicine approach depends on the severity of the

situation, ranging from TLC, anti-inflammatories, pain killers and

rest while it heals by itself, to surgical repair to TKR.

Therapeutic Bodywork doesn't address a rupture or tear as such.

That is beyond our " scope of practice. " What we do is work with the

surrounding structures and tissues to minimize collateral damage

(such as from compensating holding patterns) and assist in the

recovery as the rupture or tear heals internally. We can also

(depending on the training of the bodyworker) do things like

lymphatic drainage to address inflammation and speed the healing

process. Like I explained in the earlier post where I discussed

joint structure and function, we can also do things to address range

of motion issues. But we don't actually work directly with ruptures

and tears.