Isometrics
Strength training in which joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction
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When I was 9 years old, I fell off the top bunk of a bunk-bed I shared with my sister, causing twin hairline fractures in my fifth lumbar vertebrae. I received extensive physical therapy that focused on exercising and stretching the lower back muscles to strengthen them enough to relieve as much of the pain as possible. To this day, ...
During my pregnancy I had read that many expecting mothers have trouble with back pain. For me my back felt okay while carrying my baby , but after delivery I was plagued with back pain in the lumbar that was similar to sciatica. Sciatica is a general term that means one or all of the five root nerves are being ...
Knee and leg pain due to strenuous, regular exercise: roller skating. Both knees protected by knee pads during activity, but still receive regular stress upon impact of falls, and maintaining squat positioning during activity. 2009 X-rays and doctor visits, prescribed physical therapy to strengthen knees. Variety of exercises as well as ultrasound and other therapies, as well as prescribed Naproxen ...
Isometrics is Used For These Conditions
| Condition | Average Result | Healed | Helped a Lot |
Helped a Little |
No Change | Made Worse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Conditions (average) |
3.9
(7)
|
2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Back General Postpartum Back Pain |
5.0
| ||||||
| Shoulder Dislocation |
5.0
| ||||||
| Back Lower (Lumbar) Fracture |
4.0
| ||||||
| Knee Articular Cartilage Damage |
4.0
| ||||||
| Knee Tendinitus |
3.0
| ||||||
| Internal Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. |
3.0
| ||||||
| Knee Osteoarthritis |
3.0
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