Bushy,
So glad to hear you’re you’re doing what you love again. You have been in the top of my list of people I trust since we first started communicating, and your wealth of knowledge is unparalleled.
Thanks for always answering my questions.
P.S. Wales sounds like a great place to take a honeymoon trip, I’ll keep you posted.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
It was very kind of you to write such a flattering article, LR, thanks.
If any other T-Nation members want to come and do the same checkover, they are welcome. Until I get my full professional indemnity insurance sorted out (waiting for my uni degree certificate), I won’t be doing any actual treatments, just examination and assessment. So for the present time, costs will be kept to a minimum, and may even be free for some of you. I’m located near Cardiff. Though if anyone wants to pay for my travel, I will come to them.
In fact RSGZ came down just a couple of weeks ago. Poor lad was feeling a bit green around the gills due to a few too many sambuca shots the night before though 
We still managed to learn some interesting stuff theough, however patient confidentiality prevents me from discussing it here.
BBB[/quote]
Late to the party, as usual. Great write-up LR - some really interesting stuff there.
Anyway, I 2nd the recommendation - highly. BBB really know his shit and is as humble as they come in reality too, not just online. I went in for ideas on how to fix my right knee (and find out what was wrong with it) as well as my left shoulder which has been bugging me on and off for a while now.
We didn’t do a full body examination as I was feeling a bit rough from the night before (as already mentioned, HA!).
BBB assessed the following:
- Lower body flexibity is good.
- Piss-poor hamstrings
- Although my legs are of equal length, turns out my knees are in slightly different positions because the upper and lower parts of my legs are equal in length.
- Shoulder injury is fixable by strengthening the rotator cuff, so I’ve dropped all bench and shoulder work since then and and doing various exercises twice a week to get it fixed - it’s one of those nagging injuries that comes up everytime I start to make progress in weight on any pushing exercises.
- I have uneven shoulders, probably due to carrying a bag on my right for many years.
That’s just a brief summary of what we went through, it was a lot more in-depth obviously.
There’s a good chance you will be surprised about what you don’t know about your own body, I would strongly suggest that if you have any issues, you get them checked out by specialist that can relate to this type of training. I will again soon (hopefully), but I’m broke and can’t afford to keep pimping out my lady as a form of payment.
After a quick (and probable not thorough) Google search, it doesn’t seem Osteomyologist exist in the U.S.A.
Are physical Therapist pretty much the same thing? Or what is something similar?
[quote]bibby wrote:
After a quick (and probable not thorough) Google search, it doesn’t seem Osteomyologist exist in the U.S.A.
Are physical Therapist pretty much the same thing? Or what is something similar?[/quote]
I’m a little lost too. No such thing in Canada. What should I be looking for? I could really use an assessment.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
I think that instead of emailing them to him, I may list the exercises, etc here, so that people can have a looksee.
BBB[/quote]
That’d be cool by me. I’ll make sure I cut and paste the exercises into my training log as well, so I can keep a record of how they’re going, how they feel, and weather I notice any improvements.
Also I’ve replaced reverse lunges with step ups, I read somewhere that it was an acceptable replacement to reverse lunges, so I’m thinking something like Bulgarian split squats could be a replacement for forward lunges. Any thoughts?
Thanks again mate.
LR
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
The good thing in your case, is that whilst there are a number of issues, none of them are actually that serious (now) or that hard to correct; it just takes consistent dedication.
You need to release the chronic tension in your hips and legs, basically, and once correct movement has been restored, you should find that things just return to a normal state of play.
The only thing that is potentially hard to fix, is the collapsed right arch. This will require the use of an orthotic insert, to allow the foot to maintain a proper arch. Over time (and with the correct ecercises) it may partially return to the correct shape/springiness, but in all honesty, I doubt it. You see the arches of the foot are primarily ligamentous and as we know, ligaments do not really ever shorten, once stretched. Certainly not all the way, anyway.
So yes, the orthotics are a ‘patch’ or crutch, but one that will at least allow the rest of the kinetic chain to function normally.
BBB
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It’s a really good I don’t have any major issues, but I wan’t to ask you some questions about the Orthotics.
I’ve found a site that carries a massive range of them, I’m looking for specific ones concerning “fallen arches” right?
And do I only need it for the right foot?
Here’s the site, in case you want to recommend it to future clients;
http://www.footorthotics.co.uk/welcome.html
LR
I thought it was verboten to practice in that capacity per the janky court system.
Just sayin.
Didn’t those asshats put the kibosh on his future plans?
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
Late to the party, as usual. Great write-up LR - some really interesting stuff there.
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Cheers dude, I don’t have any writing experience as you can probably tell, I just tried my best not to sound like a retard.
Thanks for chiming in with your experiences as well. It’s good to see you don’t have any life changing major issues. It’d be good if we could sort out this Sunday meet up event for the future at the Church!
LR
[quote]London Runner wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Late to the party, as usual. Great write-up LR - some really interesting stuff there.
Cheers dude, I don’t have any writing experience as you can probably tell, I just tried my best not to sound like a retard.
Thanks for chiming in with your experiences as well. It’s good to see you don’t have any life changing major issues. It’d be good if we could sort out this Sunday meet up event for the future at the Church!
LR[/quote]
Indeed, I’m sure we’ll make some sort of plan in the summer.
By the way, BBB recommended one of these to me.
I’ve been using it to loosen up some muscles in my legs the past couple of weeks and it kicks ass.
How does one go about finding a guy like Bushido Bad Boy in the states? And more specifically how do find ones that can relate to training with weights?
Great thread! I’m out that way in October, I need to make an appointment for a molesting, I mean assessment.
I look forward to reading what you have planned for London Runners rehab.
awesomeness Bushy =)
thanks LR
Celeste
A few of you have raised the point of who to see in America?
Firstly, sounds great what BBB is doing! Good luck and all the best.
I think one of the first things is to find a practitioner who is actually familiar with resistance training, especially advanced resistance trained individuals, and has a good attitude towards it. Watch out for a practitioner where the first thing they comment on is your size and how it probably isn’t healthy.
In America you have options, and it really depends.
Firstly, there are Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation practitioners. They are MDs who have done their internship in physical medicine and rehabilitation. They tend to use similar testing, and an overall approach similar to BBB. However, you have to check out whether they are the type of practitioner who tends to resort to medication and injections as a first port of call in treatment (which I’m not for) compared to physical interventions.
In regards of Chiropractic or Physical Therapists, there is such a variety in what you may receive in regards of background and training that you need to find someone you are comfortable with and trust. Some individuals are fantastic, but I strongly advise that if your provider is advocating spinal adjustment/manipulation as the be all and end all of all treatment that you go somewhere else.
There are some really good orthopods out there who have moved away from surgical type interventions as a first step and are strong advocates of exercise as treatment. These individuals are usually highly skilled at physical assessments, and if combined with an exercise background, would be ideal for people on this site.
Again, good luck BBB. Sounds great what you’re doing!!!
That’s awesome, meeting other T-Nation members. Even more so when its a vet. I wish I could be man-handled by Bushy. The UK is out of my price range but I might one of these days bump into MEYMZ
Hey BBB,
I seem to be have some soreness in my right leg under the hip bone. After doing some Googling, I see that it may be my tensor fasciae latae. The discomfort has been a result of me squatting quite frequently (3x a week) using a wider-than-shoulder stance. Any tips on how I can fix this?
Thanks,
Joe
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Bushy is one of a handful of cool, positive, and intelligent and informative dudes here.
I hope the best for his new venture.[/quote]
And the guy’s got a great sense of humour, to boot!
BBB,
my body’s a mess, too, and I’ve always wanted to see Wales.
Besides, it’s not too far from Germany.
You rock, man.
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
By the way, BBB recommended one of these to me.
I’ve been using it to loosen up some muscles in my legs the past couple of weeks and it kicks ass.[/quote]
Wow. I was thinking of a way to make something like that - a “bearing” like massager - but didn’t know it already existed. I have to pick one up now.
Is the smoothness of the ball bearing an issue, or does it still roll enough on the skin? Seems like it would slip…