Muscle Adhesions

Can someone please check my essay ?

Outer beauty is very important to women at this day and age. Some women are blessed with it while others have to work on it to improve there outside appearance. The dreaded curse that has best ode up on millions of woman is cellulite. Whether you are thin or curvy, cellulite is a problem. Despite the dimpled appearance of cellulite there are many ways to reduce and minimize it with adequate exercise, a well balanced diet, and a few tricks of the trade massage techniques

The reduction and even elimination of cellulite can be achieved with adequate exercise. Women tend to store a high percentage of body fat in their hips and buttocks, unlike the man who pack it on their middle. For example when it comes to working out “several studies note that female, athletes who generally have a lower body fat regularly have less cellulite”. The gluteus is mostly all muscle, which responds to consistent training in order to see visible results in the minimization of cellulite. The mode of exercise that would be beneficial is aerobic, wether it is walking, running or swimming. It should be preformed three to five times a week, for at least thirty to fifty minutes. Next and perhaps the most important to ones exercise agenda is the resistance training exercise program. Resistance training targets the specific muscles that are being worked on, which encourages maximal results. If a woman want to work on her gluteus and thigh the squats, leg press and lunges are great for that.

Eating healthy is just as beneficial as exercise, to reduce access fat and eliminate the cottage cheese appearance of cellulite. Watching the caloric intake, and minimizing certain unhealthy foods. Women should reduce the consumption of coffee, fatty foods and alcohol. Cereals such as oats are high in fiber, and are an excellent source of energy. The cereals are a great source of antioxidant for fighting cellulite. For example, “ antioxidant has been shown to increase the rate that the body burns calories”. Reducing cellulite will require to built muscle, and muscles are built from protein. It is essential for woman to have a diet high in protein such as, fish, lean meat, low fat milk, egg whites and nuts. Carbohydrates go hand in hand with high protein foods includes all vegetables, salads, whole grains beads, oatmeal and fruits. So a caloric restricted diet plan to help eliminate some of the underlining body fat should be implemented.

Women workout and diet constantly to eliminate the cellulite from their body but they are only fighting half of the battle, the other half is vigorous massage. Cellulite is a hereditary condition that most if not all women have over the age of eighteen. The subcutaneous fat that causes cellulite is stored in the dermis, in order to proceed directly to the source the problem, there are several massage techniques. Using a luffa or a shower brush when teaking a bath can improve circulation, relive muscle spasm, and assist in the reducing the dimpling appearance caused by cellulite. Another anti cellulite massage is cupping. It is an ancient Chinese massage technique, which has been practiced for thousand of years. To perform the technique, “light a candle and insert it into a glass cup to create a vacuum. Quickly move the cup over to the area to be worked on, and remove the candle and invert the cup onto the body”. This form of massage, “ through suction and negative pressure, cupping releases rigid soft tissue: drains excess fluids and toxins, loosen adhesions and lifts the connective tissue and brings blood flow to stagnant skin and muscles”. Massage can fight the battle against the cottage cheese appearance of cellulite

groin/ tfl/ sartorius injury?

last august while doing a lunge with 10 pound weights I felt a tear in the inner area where my leg meets my pelvis. I have been going to physical therapy for months and my leg strength has gotten better and I have stretched my hip a lot but there seems to be something that is making the adhesions in my leg come back and there is something making my satorius muscle extremely tight adn to pull on my inner knee. My PT thought it could have something to do with my periformus. ANy thoughts?

Could it be PCOS or something else?

I am a 24 year old woman, basically healthy but overweight. I have had 3 succesfull pregnancies all c-section, i have had my appendix out at 16 and I have had a tubal ligation about 5 months ago. Now that you know my basic health history on to my question.

I was 280 lbs at the end of my last pregnancy 17 months ago. Since then no matter what I did or how i ate i have only shed less than 10 lbs. I had a tubal ligation done 5 months ago and there was only slight complications. Apparently there was an unusually massive amount of scar tissue and the adhesions had actually sandwiched my left fallopian tube to my stomach and bowel. He cut away as much adhesions as he could but not all and said he could not risk cutting the tube itself, only clip it. He also said it was very likely that because of the amount of scar tissue on the tube it was a “dead” tube anyway and the test he performed post-clipping suggested it was successful. The right was cut and clipped sucessfully. Before the surgery i had been using the arm implant birth control, Implanon but was experiencing intense bouts of rage and no periods what so ever. Theimplant was removed during the tubal. I was given a single shot of Depo-prevera for backup birth control that would last 3 months. I was assured my menstral cycle and hormones would return to normal and not be affected by the tubal.

5 months later I have had one 2-day period where it was all old blood being evacuated from my system, no new blood. The cramps were AWFUL but were gone the day the period ended. Since then no period, or signs of one. My weight gain has not changed or decreased in anyway, i have piercing stomach pains sporadcally that are in the belly-button area (my tubal WAS done laproscopically but he had to make two EXTRA one-inch incisions on my left side of my abdomen) and the pains sometimes travel down into the pelvic area. They are not continuous more like pulsating when they happen. I feel tired all the damn time, I have taken two pregnancy tests both came out negative. I have had bouts of nausea and migraines as well as muscle cramping. during two of my pregnancies small non-threatening cysts were noted on one of my ovaries but there was no intervention and they disappeared as expected.

I have heard of PCOS, two of mr friends have it, but I dont have ALL the symptoms. Example, no unusual facial hair growth. I have no insurance anymore so going to the doctors or hospital is scary since i already have bills i cannot pay from them. Anyone have any idea what I could be looking at or what I should watch out for to let me know it is time to visit an ER.