Hi everyone, I've got a couple of questions that I wanted to ask about. I'm not too good at identifying the muscles, but given it my best attempt (as the guide from bryanc suggests)
The 1st problem is a more long term one. Basically through bad posture I have some very stiff (knotted?) muscles.
These run either side of my back, they start mid way up my back about a cm from my spine (longissiumus?), and run up to around my inner shoulder (shoulder blade area) where they spread out more (the trapizus?). Now normally this doesn't cause me any pain, however I think its a problem i should get sorted.
I've tried seeing a couple of people about it, one of whom gave me a deep chinese "tui na" massage. This broke the muscle down between the shoulder blades, and made it appear like several stiff fibres, instead of one big knot of muscle. The rest of the way down my back its like 1 long muscle still. When you push down on it, the muscle won't really give any, and instead will just be pushed to either side of the finger or whatever you're using to push down on it.
I've went to see the local GP, and he gave me a 6 page document on posture, but it gives very little information on improving it, other than standing up straighter and getting supports for chairs etc.
I was wondering if anyone could give me any other information, on how I can improve my posture and help relieve the tension from these muscles?
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The 2nd problem I think is a pulled muscle (Rhomboid Minor?) in my right shoulder, as close to the shoulder blade as you can get. I had the problem, it went and then reappeared the next time I tried to exercise.
The pain I get is quite a sharp one, which occurs when I do the following:
Twisting head 90degrees to the right (further rotation = more pain).
Twising head to the left (less intense pain that twisting to the right).
Lowering head forward (Jaw to chest).
I've given those description to help identify the muscle exactly just in case I'm wrong. My problem with this is, after resting for about a month till all the pain had gone (+ a bit longer) I went to the gym again and found the problem reappeared straight away. I identified the machine that caused the problem (those abdominal cradles, where you cruch but support your upper body to keep your feet on the ground).
My aim is to rest the muscle until the pain stops, but what I want to know is how to prevent the problem reoccuring when I go back. Are there any stretches that you can recommend as I've not found many yet? Or if I'm pulling the muscle do I need to find a workout to stregthen it slowly? (as its not activley used in those ab cradle crunches...)
Thanks very much for your assisstance!
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