Wednesday, August 18, 2010

HOW THE ADRENAL GLANDS AFFECT MUSCLES, LIGAMENTS AND JOINTS



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With many emerging chronic illnesses, we tend to look more for an offending microbe that must be attacking us, rather than for the underlying reason as to why the microbes have gained a pathological foothold in the body to begin with. Many healthy people carry around the same germs which appear to be causing illness in another person.What keeps one person healthy and makes the other one sick? We often blame these weaknesses on heredity but exactly what do we mean by heredity? The modern processed diet has now negatively affected several generations, with each progressive generation becoming more weak and sickly. A high carbohydrate diet may be responsible for much of this suffering, yet government and corporate enterprise continues to promote this unhealthy starchy diet. No wonder there are so many hypoglycemics and diabetics. What other hidden effects are due to the modern diet?

As a chronic Lyme patient, I always attributed my weak ligaments and muscles, which resulted in sacroiliac problems, knee problems and weak feet and ankles....specifically to the lyme microbe itself. However, there may be another piece to the puzzle.I do know that I have weak adrenals. What came first....the lyme disease germ or the weak adrenals which may have allowed the lyme to become chronic?

The article segment below discusses the affect of weak adrenal glands on knees, feet, ankles, sacroiliac joints...etc. The adrenal glands are strongly affected, in a negative manner, by high carbohydrate diets.

The following segment is excerpted from an article entitled The Adrenal Glands http://www.tuberose.com/Adrenal_Glands.html

Adrenal Gland–Related Muscles


Dr. Goodheart identified five specific skeletal muscles which are related to adrenal gland function. These are 1) sartorius, 2) gracilis, 3) posterior tibialis, 4) gastrocnemius, and 5) soleus. There will be weakness in one or more of these muscles when the adrenal glands are malfunctioning. Because of the attachments of the sartorius and gracilis on the pelvis, (sartorius—anterior superior iliac spine; gracilis—pubic ramus), their weakness in persons with adrenal stress problems may allow the sacroiliac joint to subluxate posteriorly. The sartorius and gracilis stabilize the innominate (one side of the pelvis), holding it in an anterior direction. Many persons with hypoadrenia seek chiropractic help for the care of sacroiliac pain and/or low back pain which is due to the lack of pelvic stabilization normally provided by these muscles.

The sartorius and gracilis have a common insertion (along with the semitendinosis) on the medial side of the knee and rotate the tibia medially on the femur. When weakness of these muscles occurs, there is a loss of stability on the medial side of the knee. The sartorius and gracilis (along with the semitendinosis) act as dynamic ligaments, protecting and supporting the medial knee joint during various ranges of motion. Their function is particularly important in situations where the knee ligaments alone offer inadequate support.

It is very important to check for hypoadrenia in any person with knee problems. One can see how one hypoadrenic person will present with knee problems and another with back problems, and some persons will have both.

Due to the relationship of the posterior tibialis, gastrocnemius, and soleus to the stability of the foot and ankle, many hypoadrenic persons will complain of symptoms of tired feet, weak ankles, or aching calves. The posterior tibialis holds up the medial longitudinal arch of the foot, especially during gait. In some persons exhibiting hypoadrenia-related weakness of the posterior tibialis, the medial arch will drop, causing a pronation problem and strain to the foot and ankle. The one common factor in persons with the above-mentioned musculoskeletal complaints will be the weakness of one or more of the five adrenal gland related muscles accompanied by improvement of their symptoms following treatment of the adrenal glands.

ADRENAL FATIGUE

10 comments:

  1. Very interesting. I just joined a group on Facebook about adrenal insufficiency. I am going to try cordyseps to support my adrenals.

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  2. I read about cordyceps in the book Adaptogens.It sounded like a helpful herb. However, don't overlook the diet part of dealing with adrenal stress. Many times its what we elimate from our diets which helps more than what we add

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  3. Interesting article. I have spent the past year learning everything and anything on adrenal fatigue. Something which I have badly along with other issues. I stumbled across your article today and it was lovely to learn something new. Thanks

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  4. Yes...more and more I am coming to believe that the health of our adrenals affects many other systems in the body and consequently we need to learn more about how to care for this gland.

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  5. If anyone has come across a physician (MD or Endocrine) who is effective in diagnosing adrenal insufficiency,
    I would be grateful to hear about them. 10 years suffering. Thanks

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    1. Norbert Schneider, Northgate Chiropractic, Port Huron, Michigan is fantastic!

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  6. For people with weakened ligaments due to adrenal fatigue or insufficiency, my Dr. told me to try Prolotherapy. They are injections in the affected area that helps to strengthen tendons and ligaments.

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    1. I had prolotherapy done on both knees 3 times. It lasted only about a year because I was not aware that I had Adrenal Fatigue and that it was imperative that I change my diet and supplement. It is pretty costly too, but worth it if the diet is improved. Gluten, caffeine, and sugar must be eliminated and the sodium/potassium balance restored or prolotherapy will not last.

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  7. I strongly feel that I have been suffering from adrenal fatique for years..i even feel now..after reading..that my range of motion w my knee and leg rotation outward..could now be..because of my adrenals..i also am super stiff and unable to even do a "lunge sort" of movement in yoga..which I think comes from the stiffness of the lower back and pelvic areas..

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  8. Re the stiffness, I have found that stretching out in the pool is a way to loosen all muscles. I did it when I was too stiff to walk anymore, from undiagnosed Lyme disease, and it took nine months time to go from the most superficial muscles to core muscles. I did this in the water against the ladder of the pool and against the sides of the pool and did light lap swimming with snorkel and goggles and torso float to hold me up. Also took aspirin for the first month while it was the most painful. After that, muscles started loosening up. Now I just do maintenance stretching.

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