p-ISSN: 1300-0551
e-ISSN: 2587-1498

Taner AYDIN

GATA, Spor Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı, Ankara

Keywords: Osteopathic manipulative medicine, low back pain, leg length discrepancy, sports medicine

Abstract

Leg length discrepancy (LLD) is a biomechanical impediment, which is a potential factor in affecting musculoskeletal disorders in the rest of life, such as scoliosis, osteoarthritis and muscle tightness, or even tenderness in lumbar and pelvic area. Athletes who have developed LLD have symptoms in gait, running, standing posture. Skeletal regions related to the disorder are the lumbar spine, ilium, hip joint, greater trochanter and knee, or even ankle and plantar region. Muscles involved in these areas are numeous. In osteopathic management, the manual practitioner can use a lot of basic techniques to handle these dysfunctions. To cope with musculoskeletal problems, osteopathic manipulation techniques would be an ideal modality to alleviate the LLD syndrome. An overview of the mentioned topics of concern will be discussed in the review.