Deep Stabilizer Muscles Turn off with Pain?

[Hooch]

It's more than just multifidus too, other important deep stabilisers are transverse abdominus and pelvic floor. This stuff is very difficult to figure out without some guidance, often you're trying to reactivate a muscle that has been dormant for years, and you have no bodily awareness of it.

I was down at a 'spine centre' yesterday, and was happy to see a course in this is required before any surgical intervention.

Is this sort of thing common, or is it just starting to spread into widespread use? As far as I know the research was done less than ten years ago. I had to chase down a course in it, no professional pointed me to it.

[Katie]

LOL, I had completely forgotten about posting this. It seems like it isn't just the core muscles that have turned off...there are some brain cells taking a vacation too

I have to go back over all of this again and take a much harder look now that I'm starting PT. Thanks again for all the extra information.