Re: Ringing in the Ears - mike

[Guest guest]

For what it is worth my Osteopath is on the Canberra board of

Chiropractors and Osteopaths.As to the leg lenth problems I show a

leg length difference when lying down etc and there is an actual

difference too from memory but I can't remember if this leg or the

other one was longer (I would guess the other one but when I just

measured them it was this one) I am told that the reason my knee

problems are in my left knee is because my left leg strikes first and

hardest due to the difference in my leg length. (it is a bit hard for

me to measure them myself with this silly immobiliser on my arm.

I will try to get someone to measure them for me tomorrow (it is late

here now) and see if my meacurements were correct.

looking at me reports from when I was 12 the muscles said to be

involved in my injury (partial rupture of the muscles with

attachments on anterior superior iliac spine and ishial tuberosities

along with gluteal and quad wasting). the other thing found at this

time (apart from the arthritis componenets) was a re-ossyfying

femoral head froma traumatic or ischiamic injury (I did the splits

without warming up coorectly and got STUCK on the floor in FULL

splits position and in AGONY, right sacroillitis and a partial

avulsion of the muscles from the pelvis.

Anyway it is very late and time for this little medical freak to go

to bed and try to get some sleep.

Thanx so much for you help Mike (I have scoliosis for what it is

worth as well and have lost the curve from my neck (my x-rays show

the natural curve gone and an added curve to the right (my shoulder

side)there but no natural curve) and my spine sort of has a S shape

going anteriorly/posteriorly...

Sharon

>

> Sharon:

> No i don't think i have ever had the full body bit done. the damage

> left in my pelvis has left my pelvis pretty much permanently in an

> incorrect position which has shortened the leg (this in on my right

> side)but dropped the pelvis side down (the gap at my SIJ is " wrong "

> wider but not evenly so and the circular gap at the front of the

> pelvic girdle is NOT circular in my the right side sits about 1/2

> the gap width too low and a little too far over (if that makes

> sense) i was told at 12 when this happened that i would NEVER give

> birth naturally, even though they NEVER said anything about the

> change in my pelvis (except the birth bit and that i had JRA and

> Seronegative spondoloarthritis in my R SIJ and sacroilitis.

> So i am unsure if anything can be done as i tore some of the

muscles

> off the bone (again not fixed) which they think may have reattached

> incorrectly or shortened etc and that is why my leg is now shorter

> (about 2 cm i think (i can't remember exactly)). [i truly am a

> medical basket case and a freak of nature (or the medical

> profession)].

>

> Mike:

> I have a couple more questions for you. You say that one leg is

> about 2 cm shorter than the other. Is this a physical measurement

of

> ACTUAL leg length, say from the bottom of the heel to the center of

> the hip socket, one leg versus the other? Or is it a measurement

of

> where your heels hit on a table when lieing down on your back

> naturally? A standard test (chiro/osteo/PT) is to have you lie on

> your back and then touch your feet together to see if they are

> even. If they are not, the typical comment is that one leg is

> shorter than the other. The reality is that the legs are usually

> the same length but the pelvis is either tilted or rotated. And

> there are quite a few different possible causes for that.

>

> One cause could be a subluxed lumbar vertebrae. Another could be a

> jammed SI joint. A third could be a fascial restriction in the

> lumbar or thoracic back. A fourth could be a chronically

contracted

> muscle, usually either one of the quadratus lumborum muscles in the

> low back or the psoas/iliacus muscles in the pelvis. A fifth could

> be an actual deformity in the bone structure of the pelvis itself.

> This last one would be rare and it doesn't sound like that is what

> it is from your description. It sounds like you incurred an injury

> 20 years ago that either didn't properly heal or when it did heal

> resulted in some undesirable compensations.

>

> As for " cranial " work, there is " cranial osteopathy, " which is

> taught in osteopathic schools, and there is " cranialsacral

> therapy. " They are not exactly the same things. I checked the

> listings and there are two listed in Canberra with CST training.

> One has level 1 and the other has levels 1 and 2. The one with

> level 2 training is:

>

> Bronwen Ackermann P.T.

> Canberra, Aus. Capital Terr. 2608 Australia

> Tel: 011 61 2 625 78900

> Profile: none

> CranioSacral Therapy

> Classes: CSI CSII

>

> For what it's worth.