Your body is composed of many different types of muscles with multiple roles in your everyday life. Your musculoskeletal system has 2 generic types or muscles: movers and stabilizers. In general, the movers are muscles that are primarily known for moving parts of your body. For example, when you flex your bicep your elbow will bend. These muscles are what most people work on when they go to the gym. When one of these muscles becomes weak it may be more difficult and/or painful to perform a specific task such as lifting a box. The stabilizer muscles are a little different… stabilizers are not concerned with moving your body, but rather supporting it. These are often smaller muscles that are active for long periods at a time to hold your body upright. In physical therapy we often concentrate on stabilizer muscles in order to decrease and prevent pain and dysfunction in the body. When stabilizing muscles become weakened it is not only difficult and possibly painful to perform a task, but it is often difficult to maintain correct posture and positioning of the body. This can allow for aberrant movement of joints which increases tissue stress and can contribute to future injuries and disorders.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:06:25 +0000
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