hi

sorry i was a bit mad yesterday ... as you can see. i went on a bit, can get like that sometimes ... where i put my focus upon the failings i've experienced so far. but that doesn't help me - blaming the shortcomings of others. i also know i'm not perfect and my impatience/desperation has probably gotten me in this worse situation... being persistant with physios etc. so i wanted to outline the problems now.

the original accident was january 1st 2005. i think that having my right ilium in excessive anterior rotation and possibly forward shear for about 8 months from nov 2007-june 2008 has created some soft tissue or muscle thing that's causing me to walk funny on the right (originally i felt no problems on the right for almost 3 years until i saw the chiro and physios towards the end of last year). walk funny ... well it's not so bad now but there's still something weird going on with the gait and i have pain in my right leg which seems to extend from hip to knee ... seems like a combination of ITB and lateral side of hamstrings type area. also i have Wikipedia reference-linkSIJ pain on the right but that occurred after too much manipulation on the right to try to get these shear/rotation out of hte right side. there are some schools of thought that say that anterior shear of the ilium is not possible but i know what adjustment caused that sensation in teh first place so i don't know ...

my left leg feels short and my right leg long. despite the fact that i think now that my right side might be slightly posteriorly rotated and/or outflared (again ... i know some schools of thought who say on outflare is not possible ... but that's what i see). but i don't move it from that position at the moment.

lying down, also, no matter what, my right ILA is inferior (no matter how much i try to push it superiorly), and well, if i can trust what my friend says, anterior ... but there have been periods where it's been stuck posterior no matter what. i understand that this could be a piriformus thing and also i was wondering, since the multifidis attaches there ... if it could be keeping the ILA posterior at that location ...

i know BH also can attribute tightness in the coccygeus muscle to some things witnessed by some in the orientation of a sacrum. but i have't had enough experience to know.

my sacral suclus is deep on the right, no matter what i do. the ichial tuberosity on the right is inferior (so this combination of inferior right ILA and ichial tuberosity could be what's causing the right leg to feel long, despite it's slight/possible posterior rotation). so that leads met to think that there could be some ligament stuff going on at L5/S1 which is allowing the right side to be inferior.... but my QL is tight on the right ... which in theory lifts the back of the iliac crest superior, which could keep my right side in an anterior position despite when i see it posterior when lying down.

thoracic pain is excessive ... but BH corrected a right superior first rib and posteriorly fixated 3rd and 4th ribs. not sure if it worked, still feel a bit of pain there, which she attributed to overactivation of the upper abdominal muscles ... i know that i do overactive the upper abdominal muscles.

i am also hypermobile in some muscles and not in others. abductors are sore but hypermobile, hamstrings are tight, tight, tight on both sides. piriformis ... the stretch indicates left is tighter but the physio told me the right is tighter. ITB is tighter on the left, despite this right leg pain from hip to knee.

so for the moment i don't adjust more my SI joints. (oops, pubic symphis is ok). now i focus on pilates to strengthen core and lengthen and strengthen limb muscles. also i get some massage to help me identify tight and weak muscle patterns to see if i can explain from this what i see in my orientation of pubic bones. i also conciously concentrate on my gait patterns to override modified motor control... i notice if i go off guard, muscle compensation patterns kick in more .. hence a more funny walk :-)

thanx a mil