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The Best Chiropractors in Kansas City
Whether you’re an avid runner, cancer survivor, or simply enjoy keeping up with your active lifestyle, F.I.T. Muscle and Joint Clinic personally invests in getting your body back to where it needs to be. Discover more how we’ve transformed the lives of our clients as the best chiropractor in Kansas City.
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Take a couple of minutes to tell us about your symptoms and pain areas. Prefer to chat over the phone? Call us for a free phone consultation.
By using our industry-leading techniques and listening to our clients, F.I.T. Muscle & Joint Clinic’s chiropractors in Kansas City can get rid of your pain, help you maintain the performance and function of your body, and get you back to what you love.
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Visit any of our 7 Kansas City chiropractic locations: Blue Valley, Crossroads, Lee’s Summit, Kansas City, Olathe, Overland Park, & Shawnee.
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Its stories like this that make us feel so honored to be in healthcare! 🥰
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We believe our intentionality in truly caring for and prioritizing our patients makes a world of difference in recovering from injury and pain. We are passionate about helping you feel better than before!
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Tight hamstrings? We've got some mobility exercises to help. 🙌
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➡️ 90 degrees doorway stretch:
* Place one leg on the wall while the other leg is lying flat on the ground and hold this stretch statically.
Want to add a little challenge? Mobilize the stretch by moving the other leg up to 90 degrees and back down to the ground.
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➡️ Inchworms:
* Start in a plank position with hands placed on a step
* Slow and controlled walk your feet up towards your hands as far as you can tolerate
* Exhale at the top and hold for 10 seconds to stretch the hamstrings. Walk back out.
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➡️ Crossbody Single Leg Deadlift:
* Start with a kettlebell in the opposite hand of your stance leg.
* Keep a slight bend in your knee on the stance leg and your back flat through the whole movement .
* Hinge at the hips and until your trunk is parallel with the ground while lifting the non-stance leg.
* Repeat 10x. Switch legs
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Front of your hips feeling tight? 😫
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The psoas muscle is a part of the group of muscles on the front of the hip that helps flex the thigh toward the chest OR bring the torso toward the thigh. It is a long muscle on either side of the spine with primarily a stabilization role for the trunk, although it is involved with more than just that. It has attachments along the lumbar spine, crossing the front of the hip and ultimately inserting onto the femur, hence why it can play an important role in postural support during many activities, including walking and running.
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This muscle gets blamed a LOT for being tight, and it very often can be.
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But do take note that there could be more going on that just "tight hip flexors" if you've been dealing with pain or tension here. In the case where the front of your hip feels like it's binding or pulling strongly, take a look below to see a simple and effective way of isolating the psoas!
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⭐️Single knee (half-kneeling) psoas stretch
1) Stay "tall" in the spine and torso
2) Slightly tuck your hips "under" you (posterior pelvic tilt). This will keep the lumbar spine neutral throughout the stretch to ensure you're actually stretching the psoas muscle and NOT just jamming your low back into excessive extension!
3) Contract the glute on the kneeling side to further enhance stretch to front of the hip/psoas
4) If desired and for a stronger stretch, gently rock your whole pelvis/torso forward so your hips pass in front of your kneeling knee. But DON'T lose your neutral spine position or glute squeeze!
5) Oscillate in/out of this above movement for 30-45 seconds/leg
To further enhance the stretch, simply do all of the above mentioned + reach your arm overhead and lean slightly AWAY from the side you are stretching (see picture 2). If you whistle "I'm a little teapot" to yourself, we'll understand. 😁😉🙌
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Hamstring strains are a common occurrence with any sport/activity that requires you to sprint at full speed. 🏃♂️
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The hamstring has many purposes during running and sprinting, with one of them being contracting eccentrically (contracting and lengthening at the same time) to slow down the lower part of your leg as it strides forward. If our sprinting volume goes up, or if you sprint for the first time after a long break (I see you weekend warriors😉), our hamstrings might not have the capacity to handle the stress which leads to muscle strain.
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An excellent, well-researched exercise to significantly reduce the number of hamstring strains is called the Nordic Hamstring Curl. Shown in the video is a good starting point for this exercise with the assistance of a band.
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The main focus is to try to lower down as slowly as possible to build up the eccentric strength of the hamstring.
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Break when you can no longer control the movement and reset to the top. Start with low volume and build up as you can!
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