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Originally Posted by Redlemon
For massage, splinting is more of a caution; we can "release" the splinting muscles, but they'll just tense back up again very soon if there is still an underlying injury. Without knowing what the actual injury is, it's hard to tell. After a couple of years, the primary injury should be healed, but if it healed with adhesions, it is possible that the adhesions need to be broken and allowed to reform in a manner that allow for more movement (this technique would be "cross-fiber friction", which can be painful).
After the injury is healed, the splinting should go away mostly on its own.
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Once again, thanks much. I'll take all this info to the PT next week (I just made an appointment for Monday, hooray!).
But man, a couple of YEARS for the primary injury to heal?... wow. I've been trying to keep moving, walking, even running while I've had this back pain, keeping up some of my normal lifestyle (I'm not an athlete, just trying to stay in shape and do some 5K/10K runs) but now I'm wondering if I should even be doing that. I love hiking, but when I'm climbing stairs, I get that splinting feeling again (assuming that's the issue here)... so I wonder if I'll have to give it up for a while.
Is there any way of finding out what the primary injury is, if not through massage then perhaps with an MRI?... or is that unnecessary. Does massage (and/or PT) help to prevent the adhesions?
Thanks again, so very helpful!!!