Ooo! Oooo! I get it! I get it!

[ninevirtues]

I'll calm down now, but this is tres' cool....

So it turns out that muscles can be weak if:

a) They are stretched out (because they are not in a position to overlap, so the muscle fibers can't get any leverage to grab each other).

b) they are tightened and shortened (in this case, they are strong in the shortened position, but weak when you stretch them even a tiny bit).

Okay, so that means that inflexible muscles can be weak. Weak muscles can cause trouble. Right?

So in my case (chronic pelvic instability), I need to stretch the muscles that attach to the pelvis, so they can do their job (contracting to stabilize it). That would be non-obvious ones like the adductors, abductors, obliques, tensor fascia lata, and quadriceps. And, when I treat someone, I need to check that muscles that should be supporting or cushioning the injured bodypart are not tight and therefore weak.

I feel like I'm in a MasterCard commercial:

Notebooks and paper $32.14
Books $327.51
Tuition $21,817

Knowing what the %%$#$#^! is wrong with me and how to fix it:
PRICELESS.