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From: "Sood" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 7:28 AM
Subject: Resting Length of muscles
> Dear Nigel Biggs
> Could you please let me know the article reference.
> Thanks in advance,
> DrSarveshwar Chander Sood
> Orthopaedic Surgeon & Head Department of Physical
> Medicine & Rehabilitation,
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> From: "Nigel Biggs" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Resting Length of muscles
> Date: 11/6/00 9:09 PM
>
> I was recently reading some stuff on muscle imbalance-I know,I must get
> out
> more!-and I came across the claim that a muscle has a normal resting
> length.It was further claimed that if a postural muscle remains in an
> elongated position,beyond its normal resting position,but within its
normal
> range,it will lose its inner range holding capacity but test strong in
> its
> lengthened position.Rehabilitation therefore involves building up a
> muscle's ability to hold an inner-range contraction.
>
> I invite any comments/clarification on these ideas.In particular,what
> is
> meant by normal resting length-surely muscles will be at a variety of
> lengths as activities and body positions change?These concepts seem to
> be
> based on experiments where muscles were immobilised in a lengthened
> position -this is surely different to muscles being habitually held in
> a
> lengthened position eg lower traps in protracted shoulder girdle,but which
> might occasionally be shortened in certain activities.
>
> I look forward to some pearls of wisdom from list members-I might then
> be
> able to have a social life!
>
> Nigel Biggs,
>
> Physiotherapist,UK
>
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