Dooley Noted: 4/7/14
I’ve seen my share of patients, who have been adjusted in the same spinal segments over and over for years.
They’re stretching the same standard muscles, and they still feel tight in the same spots.
You can do mobility drills all day and night. But if you lack stability in a joint, its muscles will reflexively tighten to protect it.
This is true with incessant hamstring tightness, as a person uses the low back as the most mobile point.
This is true when a shoulder lacks intrinsic stability, resulting in chronic neck and shoulder muscle tightness.
This happens on the entire side of a body, when a person lacks intrinsic abdominal stability on one side.
If you’re doing the same stretches and getting the same massages or adjustments, then you might want to consider WHY these areas get locked up and tight.
Get assessed objectively and listen to the findings.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley