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  4. Back issues from carving, need some magic

    in Carving Central

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    Hello my friend,

     

    I wish you were closer so I could help you but this is what I would do. Due to prior surgeries, injuries, nerve damage you essentially have a perfect storm for the symptoms you are experiencing. As many have stated there isn't one single magical modality that will "cure" your issues. 

     

    Typically in my office we would have to address the issues in this order.

     

    1) Scar tissue, deep myofascial release techniques like (A.R.T active release technique, Graston Technique, Rolfing) to address your bodies natural response to tissue damage. Scar tissue is normal and a natural thing, but when the body lays down the collagen for soft tissue repair it sometimes doesn't care if the tissue is 100% functional. Scar tissue develops to patch the tissues together but in doing so it creates very taught tight tissue that is prone to re-injury and an inflammatory response. (inflammation drives pain and more scar tissue development)

     

    2) Soft tissue mobility/ rehab, after scar work is performed you need to rehab the tissue. Soft tissue has a funny way of healing, if incorrect stimuli is introduced it creates more scar tissue. It follows Davis law which states:

     

    "Ligaments, or any soft tissue, when put under even a moderate degree of tension, if that tension is unremitting, will elongate by the addition of new material; on the contrary, when ligaments, or rather soft tissues, remain uninterruptedly in a loose or lax state, they will gradually shorten, as the effete material is removed, until they come to maintain the same relation to the bony structures with which they are united that they did before their shortening. Nature never wastes her time and material in maintaining a muscle or ligament at its original length when the distance between their points of origin and insertion is for any considerable time, without interruption, shortened."  

     

    This is where rehab comes into play, strengthening of the tissues supporting the injury sight as well as the injured tissues themselves would essentially remodel the tissue to a more functional state. 

     

    3) Inflammation control, we all love pooping those NSAIDS but current research has shown that NSAIDS are detrimental to soft tissue repair. Yes NSAIDS help reduce inflammation but inflammation starts healing process (Fibroblasts the collagen producing stem cells which facilitate tissue repair/ scar tissue are Chemotaxic and are drawn to the injury site by inflammation). Too much inflammation creates pain! Inflammation can be controlled by ice or from a larger systemic point nutrition.  Check out diets like the paleo diet etc which focuses on Omega 3 consumption over Omega 6 for this. 

     

    Well those are the three points I wanted to touch upon, there is a lot more but tired of typing hope this helps ;) 

     

     

  5. Rally at the Thunder Dome '15

    in New England

    Posted · Edited by mookie431

    Awesome riding with all of you guys! My legs are still shot from riding two days straight. The conditions were just pure awesome! The comments on the other board were just hilarious. Riding up the lift over exhibition was great as we see the large craters made by us ;) 

     

    Missed you Bobby :( Feel better!

  10. A big thank you

    in Carving Central

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    At the beginning of the season I couldn't put my board on its edge , carve a line, and was slarving all over the place. This is me at the end of the season after a lot of instruction and inspiration from Dingbat (Mark), Bobby bugs, and griff.

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  11. Wachusett riding

    in New England

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    Will any carvers be riding here this Saturday, March 8th? I wish I were able to have joined you all at Berkshire East last week, but unfortunately my schedule was a little tight that weekend. :(

    I definitely have seen carvers at Wachusett in the past- someone on a Kessler with a plate who recognized the titanal F2 Eliminator WC I was riding one day early in the season comes to my mind. :D

    I wont be at WAWA but there is a group of us going to Berksire East this sat!

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