On 9/30/00, Henry Tsao<[log in to unmask]> writes:
<< I have seen in Brisbane a doctor who has developed the standing MRI, and
what they have done is taken 5 patients with back pain, and measured from
the MRI the diameter of the psoas and multifidus muscles at L2-3 region
(where the psoas and multifidus is suppose to be the most bulky in fibres).
These patients went through a regime of psoas stretch and spray over the
next 3 weeks only, and had psoas stretches and psoas ice exercises to do at
home. Over the 3 weeks, they re-MRI'ed these people and measured the
diameters again. What they found is that there was a significant increase in
the psoas and multifidus muscles diameter, and the patients subjectively
stated that they were ~80-90% better. >>
***This suggests that stretching and episodic superficial cooling of part of
psoas causes an increase in the cross-sectional area of the muscle. Increase
in diameter (or cross sectional area) of a muscle is associated with
hypertrophy, not stretching or elongation, so what is the mechanism involved?
<< I am not a researcher, but I am not going to give up what I do that works
much better than conventional physiotherapy techniques simply because there
is little research behind it.>>
*** Is there any clinical evidence that the technique that you are referring
to is significantly better than any other 'conventional' physio techniques?
Dr Mel C Siff
Denver, USA
http://www.egroups.com/group/supertraining
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