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Suggest Treatment For Muscle Tightness In Left Side Of Ribs
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Sat, 28 Mar 2015
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Question : I have been having some muscle tightness on my left side near the ribs and directly on my left side. I think I get muscles spans occasionally and well as left upper ab stiffness. I've also have a problem with my left shoulder being out of place. my chiropractor said that my pelvis is also twisted. what would be the cause of all this?
Brief Answer:
detailed below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Welcome to Healthcare Magic.
I read carefully your query.
There are some possible causes for muscle spasm on chest and upper abdominal area.
The most common ones are bad posture and unbalanced exercises.
The muscles responsible for keeping the posture are the upper back muscles,shoulder muscle,pelvis muscles.
For a good posture is necessary to have a combined strength and flexibility in these muscles.
Keeping a bad posture (Habitual Slouched Posture ) can cause problems in all these muscles.
Slouching forward stretches and weakens the back muscles and cause shoulders to round forward.This happens if you stay sit in an uncomfortable position hours for long( leaning forward and to one side ) or sleeping in an uncomfortable position .
You should pay attention to your posture.Do exercises to balance the strength of your muscles (in your case to strength the muscles on the left side ).
Do stretches of muscles before exercising and after.
Exercises to strength the muscles on your left shoulder with help to keep it in place.
Stay hydrated and drink plenty of water because dehydration makes muscle spasms worse.
Hope it helps.
Let me know if you have any other question.
Kind regards,
Dr.Rovena Murati
detailed below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Welcome to Healthcare Magic.
I read carefully your query.
There are some possible causes for muscle spasm on chest and upper abdominal area.
The most common ones are bad posture and unbalanced exercises.
The muscles responsible for keeping the posture are the upper back muscles,shoulder muscle,pelvis muscles.
For a good posture is necessary to have a combined strength and flexibility in these muscles.
Keeping a bad posture (Habitual Slouched Posture ) can cause problems in all these muscles.
Slouching forward stretches and weakens the back muscles and cause shoulders to round forward.This happens if you stay sit in an uncomfortable position hours for long( leaning forward and to one side ) or sleeping in an uncomfortable position .
You should pay attention to your posture.Do exercises to balance the strength of your muscles (in your case to strength the muscles on the left side ).
Do stretches of muscles before exercising and after.
Exercises to strength the muscles on your left shoulder with help to keep it in place.
Stay hydrated and drink plenty of water because dehydration makes muscle spasms worse.
Hope it helps.
Let me know if you have any other question.
Kind regards,
Dr.Rovena Murati
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
ok that you very much it's been going on for quite sometime and is just getting obnoxious.
Brief Answer:
detailed below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
You may start by improving your posture ,doing stretch exercises .
If needed you can find a physical therapist to help you will specific exercises to balance the strength the skeletal muscles.
Let me know if you need further help.
Take care,
Dr.Rovena
detailed below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
You may start by improving your posture ,doing stretch exercises .
If needed you can find a physical therapist to help you will specific exercises to balance the strength the skeletal muscles.
Let me know if you need further help.
Take care,
Dr.Rovena
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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