Sciatica

Sciatica

Sciatica refers to pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the leg. It is caused by injury to or pressure on the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is a symptom of another medical problem or musculoskeletal imbalance.

Sciatica occurs when there is pressure or damage to the sciatic nerve. This nerve starts in the lower spine and runs down the back of each leg. This nerve controls the muscles of the back of the knee and lower leg and provides sensation to the back of the thigh, part of the lower leg, and the sole of the foot.

Common causes of sciatica include:

• Musculoskeletal imbalances
• Slipped disk
• Piriformis syndrome (a pain disorder involving the narrow muscle in the buttocks)
• Pelvic injury or fracture
• Tumors 

 

Sciatica pain can vary widely. It may feel like a mild tingling, dull ache, or a burning sensation. In some cases, the pain is severe enough to make a person unable to move.

The pain most often occurs on one side. Some people have sharp pain in one part of the leg or hip and numbness in other parts. The pain or numbness may also be felt on the back of the calf or on the sole of the foot. The affected leg may feel weak.

The pain often starts slowly. Sciatica pain may get worse:

• After standing or sitting
• At night
• When sneezing, coughing, or laughing
• When bending backwards or walking more than a few yards, especially if caused by spinal stenosis

Fitworks Corrective Therapy has been successful in helping clients relieve sciatica pain because of musculoskeletal imbalances. By building and stretching the muscles the imbalances go away as well as the pain.  Give Fitworks Corrective Therapy a call today to get a free posture evaluation and discover what is causing you pain.

Gary Rumel, Corrective Therapist

Fitworks Corrective Therapy

www.fitworksutah.com

Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Sacroiliac Joint Pain

WHAT IS THE SACROILIAC JOINT (SI Joint)?
The sacroiliac joint is a firm, small joint. The sacroiliac joints are two paired “kidney bean” or L-shaped joints that lie where the spine and the pelvis meet. When we think of joints, we usually think of knees, hips, and shoulders. The sacroiliac joint does not move much, but it is critical to transferring the load of your upper body to your lower body. The SI Joint is a cause of low back and buttock pain. Women are considered more likely to suffer from sacroiliac pain than men, mostly because of the structural and hormonal differences.

PREGNANCY
The hormonal changes of menstruation, pregnancy, and breast feeding can affect the ligament support around the SI joint, which causes additional pain days before the period. During pregnancy, female hormones are released to allow the connective tissues in the body to relax. The relaxation is necessary so that during delivery, the female pelvis can stretch to allow birth. This stretching makes the SI Joints mobile. Over a period of years, these changes can eventually lead to wear-and-tear. The more pregnancies a woman has, the higher her chances of SI joint problems. Trauma, muscle imbalance, and hormonal changes can all lead to SI joint problems.

Fitworks Corrective Therapy
Exercise, building muscle and stretching is important to the recovery from SI joint pain. Stretching, building muscle and massage are all useful tools to correct any imbalances that may exist around the SI joint. 

Call Fitworks Corrective Therapy today to schedule your free evaluation and see how we can help you get out of pain. 801-703-8503.
 

Gary Rumel, Corrective Therapist

Fitworks Corrective Therapy

www,fitworksutah.com

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar Fasciitis

Are you having pain in your heal?  Is it interfering with your lifestyle?  Are you avoiding doing things because it’s painful to walk? You may have plantar fasciitis.

Plantar fasciitis is inflammation on the bottom of the foot. It occurs when the thick band of tissue on the bottom of the foot is overstretched or overused. It can be painful and make walking more difficult. It can feel like you are standing and walking on a nail. It is the most common complaint of foot problems.

The most common complaint is pain and stiffness in the bottom of the heel. The heel pain may be dull or sharp. The bottom of the foot may also ache or burn. The pain may develop slowly over time, or suddenly after intense activity.

The pain is usually worse:

• In the morning when you take your first steps
• After standing or sitting for a while
• When climbing stairs
• After intense activity

Treatments

Your doctor will usually first recommend the following:

• Tylenol or Advil or Motrin to reduce pain and inflammation
• Heel stretching exercises
• Resting as much as possible for at least a week
• Wearing shoes with good support and cushions
• Apply ice to the painful area. Do this at least twice a day for 10 - 15 minutes, more often in the first couple of days.
• Try wearing a heel cup, felt pads in the heel area, or shoe inserts.
• Use night splints to stretch the injured fascia and allow it to heal.

If these treatments do not work, your doctor may recommend:

• Wearing a boot cast, which looks like a ski boot, for 3-6 weeks. It can be removed for bathing.
• Custom-made shoe inserts (orthotics)
• Steroid shots or injections into the heel

If the nonsurgical options don’t work your doctor may recommend surgery. Surgery is painful, not a lot of fun and has a lot of down time. Also, surgery has risks to a lot of complications.

The above treatments do not look fun or enjoyable. Fitworks Corrective Therapy is an alternative option to relieve the pain of planter fasciitis. Fitworks Corrective Therapy has an innovative and proven program that helps you find immediate relief.  In as few as 12 one hour sessions you can have permanent relief of plantar fasciitis.  How do you spell “Relief?” Fitworks Corrective Therapy. 

Gary Rumel, Corrective Therapist

Fitworks CorrectiveTherapy
www.fitworksutah.com

Detox with Exercise, Stretching and Massage

Detox with Exercise, Stretching and Massage

Exercise, stretching, massage, water, as well as what you eat eliminates toxins from your body.

Exercise detoxifies many vital organs and should become a regular part of your life. Exercise reduces body fat. Fatty tissues actually clog the arteries, increase blood pressure and put additional stress on the heart. Fat is the place that your body stores toxins. Most tumors start in fatty areas. If you reduce these fat deposits through exercise I think the toxin levels in your body will go down and you may reduce the chance of getting tumors. 

Come into Fitworks Corrective Therapy to help detox with exercise, stretching and massage.

Gary Rumel, Corrective Therapist

Fitworks Corrective Therapy 
www.fitworksutah.com

Bunions

Bunions

A bunion is when your big toe points toward the second toe. This causes a bump to appear on the outside edge of your toe.

Causes

Wearing narrow-toed and high-heeled shoes may lead to the development of a bunion as pressure in forced on the big toe.

Bunions are also caused by how we walk. If you walk with your feet pointing outwards and feet/foot pronates inwards you are putting more pressure on the big toe causing the toe to gradually move towards the other toes.


The condition may become painful as the bump gets worse, and extra bone and a fluid-filled sac grow at the base of the big toe.  It becomes more painful the bigger it gets and the more you are on your feet.

Symptoms

• Red, calloused skin along the inside edge of the big toe
• A bony bump at this site
• Pain over the joint, which pressure from shoes makes worse
• Big toe turned toward the other toes

Treatment

•  Surgery
•  Wear big ugly shoes
• Fitworks Corrective Therapy

By strengthening the muscles that help you walk straight and not pronate inwards you can correct the imbalances and relieve the pressure against your big toe. You will walk as you were meant too, straight and with no pain. This can eliminate the need of surgery as the joints lineup and work properly.  Plus you will look great wearing sandals.

Now let's go get a pedicure!

FitworksCorrective Therapy gives an analytical and thorough approach to identifying your muscle weaknesses and designing a plan you can follow to correct your imbalances and get you looking and feeling FANTASTIC. Give me a call for a free posture analysis and I will set you “straight." 801-703-8503

Gary Rumel, Corrective Therapist

Fitworks Corrective Therapy
www.fitworksutah.com

Surgery vs. Fitworks Corrective Therapy

Surgery vs. Fitworks Corrective Therapy

Surgery can be very and costly and painful with many risks.  Fitworks Corrective Therapy has worked with clients and have gotten at least 50 people off surgery waiting lists.  Take a look at the following chart and see how much money, pain and complications you can save by opting to try the FitworksCorrective Therapy solution.

 ** Costs do not include the costs of MRIs,  X-rays, medication and hospital costs.

FitworksCorrective Therapy gives an analytical and thorough approach to identifying your muscle weaknesses and designing a plan you can follow to correct your imbalances and get you looking and feeling FANTASTIC. Give me a call for a free posture analysis and I will set you “straight." 801-703-8503

Gary Rumel, Corrective Therapist

Fitworks Corrective Therapy 
www.fitworksutah.com

External Rotation of the Hips

Do you have hip, knee or ankle pain?

If your hips, knees or ankles hurt most likely your body skeleton alignment is off in your hips, knees and/or ankles.  In other words you are externally or internally rotating at your hips, knees and/or ankles.  

Do a simple test. Stand or walk towards a full length mirror.  Look at your feet.  Are they pointing out or pointing inward? If so, that's an indication that your hips, knees and/or ankles are not tracking correctly and you most likely have pain in any or all or one of those areas.  Your body is made to work properly when your hips, legs and and track straight.  

    

Many times after an injury or a pattern of life’s use the muscles in these areas develop weakness and/or shorting. By strengthening and stretching these muscles you can correct the imbalances in the hip, knee and/or ankles.  As your body moves towards balance your pain goes away and the hip, knees and/or ankles function the way they should.  This can eliminate the need of surgery as the joints lineup and work properly. Your posture will improve as you stand a look better.

Fitworks Corrective Therapy gives an analytical and thorough approach to identifying your muscle weaknesses and designing a plan you can follow to correct your imbalances and get you looking and feeling FANTASTIC. Give me a call for a free posture analysis and I will set you “straight." 801-703-8503

Gary Rumel, Corrective Therapist

Fitworks Corrective Therapy
www.fitworksutah.com