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- Re: Hamstring cramping From: Kendall Chew
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Re: Hamstring cramping
Posted by: "Kendall Chew" chew.k3@gmail.com shoulders123
Tue May 22, 2012 1:44 pm (PDT)
Stephen,
It is my experience that cramping is as much a mechanical problem of
the low back as it is a physiological dysfunction. It is fine
re-hydrating, if the electrolyte balance is not correct, but if you
have a back problem causing very mild nerve compression ( L4/L5 disc,
or Spondylolysthesis, facet joint wear), then, in certain
circumstances you will experience cramp. The cramp is brought on by
the structural deformity impinging the nerve - but only when you place
the spine in a compromising position. For a damaged disc, this might
be forward flexion, for facet joint wear and spondylolystheses this
would be spinal extension. The only real way to figure this out is to
have an MRI scan but, there is nothing you can do about it once you
find out if this is the case. I might suggest that combative sport is
not for the older sportsman as it tends to compound issues such as the
one I am describing. It might also be worth noting that, in the UK,
around 1:11 people have a spondylolysthesis, most of whom have no idea
it exists and, unless you want to be on the "Elite" squad, it will not
have much of an effect on your day to day living.
Kendall Chew.
Cheshire. UK.
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