Muscle Medicine: The Revolutionary Approach to Maintaining, Strengthening, and Repairing Your Muscles and Joints (51 page)

pain in,
88

psoas major and,
172

purpose of,
80

sacrum of,
80
,
83

vertebrae in,
7
,
15
,
17

see also specific conditions

splenius capitis,
142

sports hernia (athletic pubalgia),
172
,
173
,
177
–78

sprains,
20
,
103
,
109
,
125
,
148
–49,
198
,
215
,
216

squat with kettle bell exercise,
195

stability-ball crunch,
58
–59,
165

stability balls (physio balls),
58
–59,
74
,
92
–95,
98
,
101
,
115
,
136
–38,
140
–41,
153
,
156
,
158
,
161
,
165
,
166
,
225
,
232

stabilization,
167
,
172
,
179
,
194
,
195
,
231

Stanford University,
31

stationary exercise bicycle,
49
,
53

step-up exercise,
60

sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM),
79
,
81
,
92
,
93

steroid hormones,
150

Strahan, Michael, ix–x

strains,
20
,
30
,
71
,
103
,
104
,
105
–6,
125
,
127
,
148
–49,
198
,
215

strength work,
6
,
49
,
52
,
55
–61,
70
,
72
–74,
84
,
130
,
149
,
151
,
175
,
177
,
198
,
201
,
231
,
233

stress:

good vs. bad,
34
–35

healthy,
48
–49

hormones,
34

hyper-,
34

management of,
33

muscles and,
30

outside world and,
33
–34

physical,
5

physical pain due to,
29
,
105

physical problems due to,
29

psychological,
4
–5,
29
,
30
,
32
,
33
–37,
85
,
144

techniques for reducing,
33
,
34
–37

stress fractures,
66

stretching,
53
,
70
,
72
–73,
74
,
78
,
83
,
176

subluxations,
107
,
110

suboccipitals,
82
,
83
,
142

subscapularis,
104
,
106
,
107
,
120
,
123
,
133

sugar,
41
,
44

Super Bowl,
x
,
220

superman exercise,
59
–60,
162

superman kicks exercise,
192

superman leg raises exercise,
193

supplements,
42
,
45
,
46
,
47

supraspinatus,
102
,
104
,
106
,
109
,
115
,
120

surgeries:

carpal tunnel,
126
,
132
–33

cubital tunnel and,
133

cutting of nerves and,
221

decompression,
90

on disks,
7
,
88
,
150

on hips,
170
,
177
,
178
,
179
–80

invasive,
238

on joints,
4
,
25
,
109
–10,
180
,
198
,
205
,
206
,
207

on ligaments,
134
,
221

on lower-back,
144

neuro-,
7

old age and,
151

orthopedic,
18
,
32
,
171
,
239

on rotator cuffs,
105

scarring and,
109
,
132

spinal-fusion,
146

on spines,
89

on tendons,
108
,
221

therapy vs.,
7
,
25
,
150
–51,
178
–79,
203

on vertebrae and facets,
151

swimming,
49
,
62
,
63
,
65
,
66
,
107

syndromes,
see specific syndromes

synovial fluid,
15
,
18
,
48
–49

systems,
see specific body systems

tai chi,
36

talus,
214

tarsal tunnel,
216
,
220

tarsal tunnel syndrome,
220

tendinitis,
22
,
104
,
107
,
108
,
128
–29,
174
–75

tendinous sheath,
198

tendonosis,
22
,
129
,
219
,
221

tendons,
13

aging and,
107

collagen fibers of,
15
,
17
,
22
,
129
,
219

conditioning exercises for,
130
,
220

deterioration of,
22

inflammation and irritation of,
127

lengthening of,
72

overstressed,
28

pain due to,
22
,
24
,
110

purpose of,
13
,
103

rupture of,
221

scarring of,
129

tears in,
18
,
19
,
103
,
106
,
108
,
171
,
198

see also specific tendons

tennis-elbow (lateral epicondylitis),
22
,
125
,
127
,
128
–29,
219

tension headache (occipital neuralgia),
82
,
83

tensor fasciae latae,
197
,
199

teres muscles,
118

teres major,
102

teres minor,
102
,
104
,
122

testosterone,
13

TheraCane,
153

therapy, surgery vs.,
7
,
25
,
150
–51,
178
–79,
203

see also specific therapies and techniques

thoracic spine,
80
,
83
,
145

tibia,
198
,
199
–200,
201
,
203
,
204
,
205
,
206
,
214

tibialis anterior,
213
,
216
,
223
,
228

tibialis posterior,
216

tibial nerve,
220

tibial osteotomy,
207

Toomer, Amani,
x
,
220
–21

Torres, Dara,
20

trans fats,
41
,
44

trapezius muscles,
23
,
79
,
94
,
95
,
104
,
115
,
118
,
119
,
121

trauma surgeons,
234

Travell, Janet,
25

treadmill,
53
,
61

treatment sticks,
5
,
153

triceps,
14
,
102
,
114
,
118
,
127
,
128

Trigger Point Therapy,
24
–25,
71
,
72
,
236
,
240

trochanteric bursitis,
179

ulna,
126
,
134

ulnar nerve,
127
,
133

ulnar nerve entrapment,
133

unicompartmental knee replacement,
207

upper trapezius muscles,
23
,
79
,
94
,
95
,
104
,
115
,
121

vastus intermedius,
197
,
199

vastus lateralis,
197
,
199
,
200
,
210

vastus medialis,
197
,
199
,
200

vertebrae,
7
,
15
,
17
,
80
,
81
,
82
,
87
,
88
,
89
,
143
,
148
,
150
,
151
,
159

vitamin D,
38
,
45
–46

vitamins,
41

volumetrics,
41

walking,
30
,
50
,
62
,
151

warm-up, for exercise,
53

weight, body,
see
body weight

weighted ball,
60

weight lifting,
78

weight machines,
73

weights:

ankle,
193

hand,
121
,
122
,
123
,
140
,
141

Weill Cornell Medical College,
2

whiplash injury,
86
–87

Women’s Sports Medicine Center,
43

wood chop exercise,
60
,
61

wrist:

extension of,
141

extra motion of,
128

fracturing of,
134

injury to,
134

motions of,
135

overuse injuries of,
125

pain in,
125

protection of,
131

splints for,
132
,
133
,
134

spraining of,
134

versatility of,
126

see also
elbow/wrist/hand system; forearm

wrist extensor muscles,
75

X-rays,
2
,
6
,
7
,
31
,
81
,
134
,
181
,
202
,
239