Are physio's trained to treat me?

Hi

2 years ago i was in pretty poor health, i ate junk, trained like a bodybuilder and ended up being 20% bodyfat and having an awfull flat back, depressed sternum, forward head, kyohotic posture. I began to cut down massively on sugar and started to eat much more fat and protein from quality sources. I stretched the hell out of my hamstrings, pec minor, glutes, lats, lev scap, gastrocs etc and i am now 7.5% bodyfat with what i thought was decent posture (until earlier today)

Obviously, it is very hard to perform a complete posture analysis and ROM assessment on yourself. over the past year i have occasionally been experiencing pain in the mid thoracic region, especially when sitting on a stool without a back rest. Over the last month or so i have been experiencing pain in the upper back, shoulder blades and lower back.

Because i am currently studying sports therapy i decided to drop into the injury clinic today to be assessed. they found numerous muscle imbalanes and skeletal deformities such as

-scoliosis of lumbar spine
- upper cervical subluxation !
- left shoulder blade protracted
- 15 degree anterior pelvic tilt
- slight thoracic kyphosis
-very slight forward head
- more muscle bulk on one side
- uneven pelvis
- unequal leg length by about 1.5cm's

I felt great when they were observing me and noting these because i finally thought i was going to have the chance to correct myself but i ended up walking away from the clinic with a prone leg extension exercise and nothing else.

It confuses me that i have a 15 degree pelvic tilt even though my psoas and rec fem appear to be lengthened when tested and my hamstrings appear to be slightly tight. This confused them as well.

These are my questions

1) Would a physio be able to fully evaluate my posture using a plumb line ?

2) would a physio be able to complete a full ROM assesment across all major joints and tell me EXACTLY what needs to be stretched ?

3) are physio's trained to deal with cervical subluxations ? i believe cervical subluxations can affect everything

4) am i wrong in thinking corrective exercises are pointless without stretching tight muscles FIRST. I thought vladmir janda showed that tight muscles steal the energy from weak muscles so trying to strengthen a weak muscle without stretching its antagonist will just result in more force around a joint.

The simple answer is yes! And the changing of a joint position relies on a lot more than stretching. But one has to start somewhere I suppose. I would think to mobilisation and not focus on the concept of 'stretching' per se if you are looking for longterm results.

i think all tight muscles should be stretched first and then mobilisations and corrective exercises should be used. i agree though, joint mobilisations are important. My concern with going to a physio is that like the sports therapist that i went to, it will be geuss work on their part.

I think they just list the observation but having poor reasoning to your symptoms.

Find a physio who can relate these together and your problems will be solved.