[Source: Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medicine]
The pelvis is located at the center of our human body and plays a role in supporting body balance. At the same time, it is also easily "deformed" due to external forces, such as poor sitting or standing posture, or pregnancy and childbirth.
Pelvic instability has the greatest impact on our lumbar spine. If the pelvis is in a tilted state for a long time, it will cause the lumbar spine to bend sideways or make the lumbar spine straighter, which will affect the intervertebral discs and lead to intervertebral disc herniation, chronic lumbar muscle strain, joint locking and other problems. If the pelvis is in a tilted state, the left and right sides will be unevenly stressed, causing damage to the sacroiliac joints, pelvic floor muscle weakness, blood circulation disorders in the pelvic cavity, and chronic inflammation.
So, how do we judge whether there is a problem with our pelvis?
6 ways to teach you how to self-diagnose pelvic problems
1. Personal habits
Check whether you like to cross your legs or bear weight on one leg for a long time. Some people like to wear high heels for a long time, sleep on soft mattresses, or sit still for long periods of time. These lifestyle habits will affect pelvic displacement or deformation to a certain extent.
2. Long and short legs and yin and yang feet
After lying down, naturally relax and straighten your legs. You can clearly see that the lengths of your two legs are different, or one side of your legs is severely tilted outward, and the other side is pulled in. If there is obvious Symptoms, pelvic problems should be considered.
3. Different hip heights
When lying on your stomach, you can clearly feel or see that the heights of your buttocks are inconsistent, indicating that the pelvic displacement has become more obvious.
4. Appearance of high and low shoulders
Close your eyes and stand in place for 20 seconds, stand naturally in a relaxed state, take a photo from directly behind, and observe whether the height of the two shoulders is on a horizontal line.
When the pelvis tilts to one side, the spine tilts to the other side to maintain body balance. In this position, it will cause imbalances in the upper and lower shoulders and the muscles on the left and right sides of the body.
5. Observe the center line of your clothes
If the skirt you wear always turns in one direction, or the pants line is not in the middle, it means that your pelvis may not be in a neutral position.
6. Sticking to the wall inspection method
Place your head, back, and buttocks against the wall, reach behind your waist, and see how big the space is. If you can put your entire fist in and there is still room, then you may have it. anterior pelvic tilt problem.
The pelvis is the hub of the human body. Once any changes occur, it will affect the waist, chest, and neck upwards, and affect the hips, knees, and ankles downwards, thus causing many diseases. Therefore, it is urgent to protect the pelvis. Regardless of whether there is a problem with the pelvis, you should maintain correct posture habits. Friends who have problems should seek professional help in time!
Experts in this issue: Xu Haiwei
Physician at Zhenhe Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic (Bailong Road Hall), graduated from Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) major in traditional Chinese medicine. After graduation, he studied under Professor Hu Chaowei and Major General Pan Dejin. , Professor Tang Ping, Director Shi Lin, Xu Zhonghe, orthopedic experts and other discipline leaders.
is good at: using bone setting , warm needle , acupuncture , traditional Chinese medicine and other treatment methods to treat acute and chronic joint injuries , neck and waist diseases, intervertebral disc bulging and herniation, bone hyperplasia Various pain diseases caused by various diseases caused by dysfunction of liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, kidney and other internal organs.
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