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It's a tale as old as time: you have joint pain that just won't go away, even though you're doing everything right on paper. You've attempted exercising more, rehab and alternative therapies — even the ol' "just give it time" method — but keep reaching a recovery plateau.
The result is often discomfort, weakness and altered mechanics when practicing your favorite sport — a slight adjustment in your jump shot or running stride. And not only can this pain affect your athletic performance, it can also take a toll on your everyday life if it gets bad enough.
If you've tried everything under the sun to no avail, your problem might be caused by an inhibited muscle, which cannot be strengthened until treated. With help from Parker Muscle & Sports Clinic, here's some information to better help you understand the condition and what you can do to fix it.
Why isn't exercise working?
Regular exercise provides innumerable benefits according to the Centers for Disease Control, but in the case of an inhibited muscle, it isn't the solution. To understand why, it's important to first understand why muscle inhibition actually is.
According to Dr. James Parker from Parker Muscle & Sports Clinic, muscle inhibition is a common phenomenon of the human body where the neurologic input to the muscle isn't sufficient. This prevents the muscle from contracting to its full capability and compensatory movement and/or changes in joint mechanics start to happen.
When a quick stretch occurs to the body, the limb or that area of the body's muscles will temporarily inhibit or even tear. Normally this tear or inhibition resolves quickly on its own. However, many times, the tear and pain will go away but the inhibition portion won't resolve. This chronic imbalance can rear its ugly head weeks, months, or even years down the line.
The key symptoms of muscle inhibition include: decreased range of motion, chronic stiffness on the affected limb or joint (e.g., tight hamstrings), sudden lack of power, or muscle or skeletal pain that just doesn't seem to go away. Essentially, symptoms from an inhibited muscle can feel like those caused by a muscle weak from lack of exertion. This is why increased exercise is seen as a logical cure for the issue, but is ineffective.
Diagnosing and healing muscle inhibition
So how can you tell if you have an inhibited muscle? Careful isolated muscle assessment is one of the only ways to target the exact muscle or muscles that are the core problem. This assessment takes a special kind of expertise, which can be found at Parker Muscle & Sports Clinic (or PMC).
A myriad of physical-health issues can be caused by muscle inhibition. In the clinic's experience, some of the more common ones include:
- Lower back pain
- Chronic pain pre or post-surgery
- Patellar tendonitis
- Post-surgical knee pain or weakness
- Plantar fasciitis
- Rotator cuff syndrome
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Iliotibial band syndrome
- Gluteal amnesia
PMC specializes in providing therapy that is fast, safe, effective — and most importantly — long-lasting.
To reverse the effects of inhibition, they use a technique focused on stimulating and integrating several known systems that affect the muscle system, and this model has proven to clinically improve the vast majority of conditions that come through their door.
And although PMC prides themselves on speed, their model of treatment isn't limited by time — unlike most. Instead, everything they do related to your condition is tailored to how fast you want to fix it. You give them a timeline, they provide a customized, safe and effective treatment.
Once treated and restored back to normal muscle function, your affected muscle or muscle system will stay that way for years to come — if not forever — barring an injury to that area.
So if you are still experiencing joint or muscle pain after trying traditional-care methods, contact Parker Muscle & Sports Clinic for a consultation. They are able to provide effective treatment for nearly every patient that comes in, as evidenced by their perfect 5-star average rating on Google based on 150 reviews.
