Quote Originally Posted by Shamrock View Post
Hey sharla

I get back pain on the same side that my knee is injured and stiffness virtually down that whole side.

I'm gonna give this a try. Many thanks for taking the time to help out
You're welcome - it took so long for me to work this out I had to have some input.

I had a physio who insisted my knee and back pain were completely unrelated without really exploring the possibility at all. He wasted months of my time and a LOT of my money! Basically I can relate to your frustration!

Yeah whether it's the cause of or resulting from the back pain having tight muscles pulling you out of alignment won't help your knee.

I didn't begin to have any stable, consistant recovery from my knee pain until I learnt how to treat the back problem.

What hitmandonny pointed out is also relevant. I wanted to rep you for that hitmandonny but I have to spread it around! They say that Psoas tightening can come from muscles in your feet not functioning correctly. Oddly enough I got orthodics, my back pain increased after a while and then a bout 6 months later my knee went.

One of my (many) theories is that the orthodics limited my usual range of motion of muscles in my feet which tightened my Psoas, increased my back pain and then after this worsened over a certain threshhold my knee took it.

If I was working on a wobble board or medicine balls with bare feet the exercise would have both strengthened those muscles which become weak in rigid shoes and stretched my calves and hamstrings etc

I think the best approach is to do stretches etc which target all your areas of pain because they might be aggrivating each other and slowing your recovery regardless of what started it.

Let us know how it goes. I'd be interested in learning from your experience as a case study sort of thing