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STRADALE said:
Make absolutely sure you have deflated the bottom bolsters fully so that they are in the full expanded position. It took me a week when I first got the car to realize they were somewhat inflated and closer in than would be comfortable.
Nice tip-thanx
Aug 28, 2005 3:13:15 PM
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kevinm said:
I've had my 2006 CabS for about 700 miles and every time I drive for extended periods of time the muscles over the lateral side of my hip get sore, I have to internally rotate my left leg (rotate my left foot and leg clockwise) to properly engage the clutch pedal (sorry I am an Orthopedic Surgeon). Perhaps the clutch pedal it to close to the break pedal for me? I have adaptive sport seats and I have tried to adjust the bolsters to circumvent this without much luck. I am 5'10" 180lbs and I otherwise fit in the seat perfectly. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any solutions?
Aug 28, 2005 4:48:12 PM
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kevinm said:
I've had my 2006 CabS for about 700 miles and every time I drive for extended periods of time the muscles over the lateral side of my hip get sore, I have to internally rotate my left leg (rotate my left foot and leg clockwise) to properly engage the clutch pedal (sorry I am an Orthopedic Surgeon). Perhaps the clutch pedal it to close to the break pedal for me? I have adaptive sport seats and I have tried to adjust the bolsters to circumvent this without much luck. I am 5'10" 180lbs and I otherwise fit in the seat perfectly. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any solutions?
Do you adduct you left thigh to reach the cluth with the foot or do actually internally rotate the whole L.E. instead to reach with the foot for some reason? Could you be straining the lat hip rotators due to excessive the internal thigh rotation? you should adduct the L.E. if any, not internally rotate it to reach the clutch.
If we are talking about the lat hip rot muscles, then since some of the the lat hip rotators also share hip extension funtion (Glut Max, med and mininmus), lowering the angle of attack of the seat bottom will decrease tension on these muscles by decreasing extension of the thigh (tilting the seat more foward i.e. the foward par lower than the rear aspect i.e. "+ theta X" rotation in biomechanic coordinates). As well as sitting to much foward to the wheel/pedals will exacerbate this as well. So make sure you check and try varying the seat tilt and distance setting.
Also too much rearward tilt of the seat bottom (or the back rest too) will lead to a decrease in the lumbar lordosis which may in turn lead or contribute to several lumbo-pelvic mechanisms of injury/stress that can all lead to posturally related pain in the lat hip area (lumbar facet syndrome, sacroiliac syndrome, myofacial triggerpoint syndrome, L5 root irritation, piriformis syndrome, etc.). No concomittant lowback pain asso. with the this complaint?
You mention the side bolsters may have influence... is the pain really muscular in origin, or is the pain just tissue soreness in the lat hip area from the "pressure/rubbing" the bolsters may exert? cause the latter would be a different issue altogether.
Sorry, I have more questions that answers but its hard to get to the bottom if the issue without more info, you know how it is
Aug 28, 2005 6:33:08 PM
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Aug 28, 2005 10:17:46 PM
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gradyex said:
Dr. Carlos, sounds like your in the same field. For what its worth give it some more time and play with the controls, it takes time to get it right. I'm 47 years old and have had 2 lumbar discectomies (first one re-ruptured) on discs L4-5 and L5-S1 about 2 years apart. Finally pain free and the adaptive sport seats proved to be worth every penny (along with the 35 pounds I had to loose in the last 4 years). At 6'1" and now 185 lbs, the seat fits flawlessly and adjusts so many ways. The distance to the pedals is important and on a couple of occasions my foot cramped up (right foot). Once you get the perfect settings don't forget the memory buttons on the door otherwise its very difficult to get it "just right" every time. Good Luck.
Aug 29, 2005 4:19:12 AM
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Carlos from Spain said:
I see, kevinm. No LBP rules out more serious ethiologies, so maybe with the seat corrections the muscles may adapt in time and decrease their strain on their insertion on the trochanter causing the pain.
But to aid this process and avoid developing a lesion in the process of "adapting", I would stretch the lat rotarors/extensors of the hip (bring flexed knee to opposite shoulder while lying supine) and myofacial triggerpoint therapy or massge on the dorsal hip muscles (especially the gluteus medius and minimus since they affect the trochanteric bursa).
I will pay attention to my seating position since I don't recall needing to int rot my L.E. to reach adecuately the cluth, only slight adduction, and I am you same height, but maybe I haven't noticed