Dr Ozello's Sports Medicine Report: Oblique Muscle Strain Rehab

Oblique Muscle Strain Rehab
Long recovery time frame.

General guidelines: Always work through a symptom free range of motion. Never perform an exercise that elicits or intensifies symptoms. Start at your current health and fitness level. Remember you are rehabbing an injury, not training for a competition. Move into a stretch slowly, hold a mild comfortable stretch and move out of the stretch slowly. Increase intensity in small gradual calculated increments. Get adequate rest between rehab session. Utilize sound nutritional and supplementation strategies that work for you. Maintain a detailed training and nutritional journals. Continually modify your program to what provides you the best results.

Start with slow and controlled range of motion exercises through a symptom free range of motion. Even if that motion is minuscule. Spinal: Rotation, lateral flexion, flexion and extension. Pelvis: Pelvic Tilt, lateral shift right and left, circular, figure eight.

Isometric strengthening exercises. Pelvic Tilt, Abdominal Drawing in Maneuver, Vacuums, 90/90 bridge. Build to plank and side plank.

Light stretching exercises.

Advance to Intermediate level planks and side planks. Side plank pelvic raises and side plank rotation.

Increase stretching intensity.

Advance to motion based strengthening exercises.


Oblique muscle strains are a common sports injury that usually result from a sudden eccentric contraction of the muscle while its in a stretched position.
Oblique muscle strains are linked to sports that require trunk rotation including baseball, cricket, ice hockey, golf, tennis, handball and hurdles.
The oblique muscles play an important role in pitching and hitting. Proper abdominal muscle activation during throwing and swinging is crucial for generating optimal ball velocity and bat speed.
The incidence of oblique muscle strains in MLB has risen over the past 20 years according to a study from 2010.
Injuries opposite to dominant arm or batting side are more common.
Internal and External Oblique Anatomy: Fibers run perpendicular to one another and function to control trunk rotation and lateral flexion.
Symptoms of an oblique muscle strain include pain, discomfort, tenderness and muscle tightness. The symptoms are aggravated by trunk lateral flexion, trunk rotation, aggressive stretching and deep inspiration.

***Disclaimer: Viewing this video does not take the place of seeing a medical professional, receiving proper training in the medical profession or working with a fitness professional. Please visit a medical professional for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. Please work with a fitness professional to learn proper exercise technique and to develop a proper training program. Never perform an exercise that elicits or intensifies symptoms. If an exercise elicits or intensifies symptoms, stop immediately and use a viable substitute. Please receive proper medical training before attempting these medical procedures.

Dr Donald A Ozello DC of Championship Chiropractic in Las Vegas, NV
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