Muscle Medicine: The Revolutionary Approach to Maintaining, Strengthening, and Repairing Your Muscles and Joints (48 page)

as problem,
24

infraspinatus,
102
,
104
,
115
,
119
,
120
,
122

injuries:

acute,
86

to ankle,
214

to cartilage,
38

chronic,
20
–21,
33
,
82
–85,
86
,
125

to disks,
18

exercise and,
63

focal chondral,
208

to foot,
214

healing of,
75

to hip,
169

imbalance,
127

inflammation and,
24
,
87
,
130

to joints,
3
,
16
,
18
,
22
,
111
,
237

to knee,
197
,
198
,
201
,
202
,
204
,
206
,
208

lower-extremity,
214

misdiagnosed,
22
,
31

to muscles,
20
–24

to neck,
81
,
82
–85,
86
–87

occupational,
21

overuse,
125
,
128
,
132
,
214
,
217

prevention strategy for,
64

repetitive stress,
20
–21,
125
,
127
,
130

to rotator cuffs,
105
,
107
–8

to spinal cord,
81
,
144

in sports, ix–x,
2
,
3

tendonosis and,
221

traumatic,
2
,
4
,
17
,
20
,
21
,
24
,
86
–87,
110

whiplash,
86
–87

to wrists,
134

insertion,
14

insulin,
41

insulin system,
41

integrated system, body as,
2
,
11
,
25
,
80
–81,
103
,
126
,
132
,
173
,
198
,
214
,
235

integrated system of joints, muscles and, body as living material,
14
,
17

integrins,
25

intensity, exercise and,
50
–52,
62
–63,
65
–66

internal obliques,
145

intracapsular ligament,
170
,
170

intrinsic muscles,
94

jogging,
30
,
49
,
61
,
62

Johnson, Lyndon B.,
25

joint replacement surgery,
205
,
206

joints,
14
–15,
17
–18

aging and,
4
,
16
,
17
,
46
,
203

ball-in-socket joints,
11
,
15
,
103
,
104
,
110
,
170
,
177
,
181
,
182

body weight support of,
5
,
17
,
38
,
39

capsules of,
15
,
207

“cracking,”
71

damage to,
5
–6,
7
,
81
,
179
,
208

dysfunction due to,
3
,
73

elements within,
15
,
17

as hinges,
15

hypermobile,
107

impingement in,
180

infection in,
81
,
103
,
125
,
198
,
215

inflammation of,
5
,
150

injuries of,
3
,
16
,
18
,
22
,
198
,
237

integrated system of bones, muscles and,
see
integrated system, body as

lever systems of,
15

lubrication of,
15
,
18
,
44
,
48
–49

muscles and,
22
,
81
,
179
,
194

purpose of,
14
,
15

as shock absorbers,
15
,
18

strength and flexibility of,
6

surgery on,
4
,
25
,
109
–10,
180
,
198
,
205

see also specific joints and medical conditions

Jordan, Michael,
214

jumper’s knee (patellar tendonosis),
201

Kabat-Zinn, Jon,
34

Kelly, Bryan, ix,
2
,
3
,
4
,
30
,
31
,
66
,
109
,
111
,
173
,
177
,
178
,
202
,
242

Kennedy, John,
25

kettle bell,
168
,
195

kettle bell swing exercise,
168

kinetic chain,
21
,
126
,
174
,
183
,
187
,
192
,
193
,
201
,
214

knee,
197
–212

damage to,
18
,
202
–6

impact shock to,
202

injuries to,
197
,
198
,
201
,
202
,
204
,
206
,
208

as joint,
see
joints

jumper’s,
201

movements of,
209

muscles of,
198
,
201

osteoarthritis and,
206
–8

pain in,
198
,
200
–201

protection of,
202

runner’s,
199
,
200
–201

self-treatment exercises for,
209
–12

structure of,
198
–200

labrum,
15
,
110
,
170
,
170
,
171
,
177
,
178
,
180
,
238

lateral collateral ligament (LCL),
204

lateral epicondyle,
124

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

latissimus dorsi,
104
,
118
,
119

lavator scapula,
102

lax shoulder capsule,
107

LDL (low-density lipoprotein),
41
,
42

legs,
64
,
151
,
172
,
202

ligaments,
17
,
18

function of,
15
,
143
,
215

lengthening of,
72

pain and dysfunction due to,
3

pressure on,
87

as self-healing,
221

spinal,
81
,
143

sprains of,
20
,
134
,
149
,
215
,
221

tears in,
198
,
204
–5,
216
,
221

see also specific ligaments and conditions

lipids,
40

Llerandi, Mike,
65
,
217

longissimus colli,
85

lower back,
142
–68

as minefield,
149

muscles of,
59
,
162
,
192
–95,
201

pain in,
7
,
21
,
30
,
31
,
88
,
142
–50,
169
,
172
,
179

protection of,
146

spasms in,
33
,
145
,
172

stabilization of,
174

treatments for,
see
self-treatment exercises

see also specific structures and conditions

lower body exercises,
60

lower leg:

self-treatment exercises for,
223
–33

see also
ankle; foot

lower trapezius,
118
,
119
,
121

lumbar spine,
7
,
21
,
30
,
80
,
81
,
88
,
143
,
145
,
146
,
148
,
151
,
173
,
175
,
176
,
201
,
238

lymphatic system,
24

McGinley, Toni,
74

manual therapy,
3

back pain and,
146
,
149

history of,
24
–25

on irritated and inflamed muscles,
87
,
108
,
217

manual therapists and,
78
,
86
,
199
,
201
,
242

on muscles for joint relief,
110
,
202
,
206
,
207

on muscles for nerve relief,
220
,
221

on muscles for tendon relief,
129
,
220

on muscle tension and tightness,
84
,
129
,
130
,
133
,
148
,
179
,
200
,
217
,
218
,
220
,
224
,
226
–27

as not covered by insurance,
240

physical therapy combined with,
87
,
90
,
129
,
144
,
206

on scarred muscle tissue,
4
,
132

for spine,
7
,
151

surgery vs.,
109
,
126

therapeutic techniques of,
70
–72,
171

marrow cells,
14

Massachusetts, University of,
34

massage therapy,
24

medial collateral ligament (MCL),
204

medial epicondyle,
124
,
127

medial epicondylitis (golfer’s elbow),
127
,
128

medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints),
214

median nerve,
133

meditation exercises,
34
,
37

Mediterranean,
40

meniscus,
7
,
15
,
18
,
19
,
143
,
197
,
199
–200,
202
–3,
205
,
208
,
238

menopause,
45

methionine,
47