Osteitis Pubis

What is Osteitis Pubis?
Osteitis Pubis is common amongst young athletes, especially AFL football and other football codes. Osteitis pubis is best described as chronic groin pain typically coming from the pubic symphysis but affecting the entire groin and hip region. Symptoms can be severe and if over training and participation continues, chronic inflammation to the pubic symphysis and even bone stress to the pubis bones can occur.

What causes Osteitis Pubis?
The main cause of osteitis pubis is extreme muscular imbalance through the pelvic region causing instability of the pelvic bones, which places stress on the pubic symphysis.

Osteitis pubis is common in footballers as kicking predominately on one leg over time builds up a muscular imbalance, which compromises stability to the region.

Why does Osteitis Pubis become so chronic and take so long to recover from?
Once the athlete has been diagnosed with osteitis pubis, the clinical approach is rest and passive treatment.

The problem with prolonged rest is that it further weakens the muscles involved in the pelvic imbalance. Therefore after rest when the athlete resumes training osteitis pubis symptoms soon return.

Can Osteitis Pubis be fixed immediately or is the Mainstream Medical approach to treatment the only option?
Osteitis pubis generates pain and pathology to the groin reason due to extreme muscular imbalances. The problem with the mainstream approach is that it purely treats the symptoms of osteitis pubis and does not address the cause. MMT strongly believe that by eliminating all the symptoms of osteitis pubis and allowing the athlete to undergo specific intense strengthening exercises dedicated to eradicating muscular imbalances to the lumbopelvic region that pain and instability from osteitis pubis can be eliminated for good. In fact they have many patients including AFL stars, Robert Murphy, Adam Cooney, Farren Ray as proof that osteitis pubis can be fixed in a very quick fashion.

How do the good peple of Melbourne Muscular Therapies fix osteitis pubis for good?

hands on approach to treatment: a complete clinic assessment of what muscle imbalances are causing the osteitis pubis’ symptoms. Every single muscle that attaches to the pelvis is addressed and all muscle tension eradicated through specific deep intentional gauging of the soft tissue. Tension and pain coming from Ligamentous and tendinous tissue is eradicated through deep gauging of the tissue and moxabustion (a unique ancient Chinese heat treatment with amazing healing properties). Once the tension and pain from extremely tight muscles deep in the groin and hip region is eradicated, the athlete will gain pain free movement, but will still require the weak muscles causing the imbalance and core/ pelvic stabilising muscles addressed.

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Postural Transformation power training: Full body functional compound exercises are completed under supervision from the therapist. The exercises stretch all tight muscles and strengthen all weak muscles all through the same movement. Muscular imbalances are eradicated with every session bringing the body back to its symmetrical state. Once symmetry is returned to the athlete’s body, pain free training and participation can be resumed. Not only will the athlete be free of pain and restriction, but will have amazing amounts of power, strength and speed even more so that before they had osteitis pubis.