If it's an iliopsoas.
The iliopsoas tear in addition to affecting my footy also ended my career as a bowler at cricket, it's basically the core muscle that controls the pivots between your upper body and hips. The bit critical for bowling. The Psoas are muscles you use to stand up straight, sit up straight on a chair without using the backrest, or to cross your legs.
For amateurs they do not operate, at least not back when I did it. Back then it wasn't a trivial operation because of where the Psoas muscles sit, but there may be modern keyholes procedures for that now, there wasn't in my day.
The specialist told me it was just too big of an operation to justify it, the average person can live fine pain free with it damaged. You are just a little less stable and balanced, with reduced power at certain tasks like walking up stairs, climbing ladders. Your body does adapt over time, as muscles around the core pick up the slack so to speak, but it takes a few years. In some cases of groin or lower back pain they even deliberately cut the iliopsoas to relieve tension.
You'd think a professional sportsperson already has a head start, they are probably another level up in core strength already!
If it's an iliopsoas!
The iliopsoas tear in addition to affecting my footy also ended my career as a bowler at cricket, it's basically the core muscle that controls the pivots between your upper body and hips. The bit critical for bowling. The Psoas are muscles you use to stand up straight, sit up straight on a chair without using the backrest, or to cross your legs.
For amateurs they do not operate, at least not back when I did it. Back then it wasn't a trivial operation because of where the Psoas muscles sit, but there may be modern keyholes procedures for that now, there wasn't in my day.
The specialist told me it was just too big of an operation to justify it, the average person can live fine pain free with it damaged. You are just a little less stable and balanced, with reduced power at certain tasks like walking up stairs, climbing ladders. Your body does adapt over time, as muscles around the core pick up the slack so to speak, but it takes a few years. In some cases of groin or lower back pain they even deliberately cut the iliopsoas to relieve tension.
You'd think a professional sportsperson already has a head start, they are probably another level up in core strength already!
If it's an iliopsoas!
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