WEBVTT - What Is Dead Butt Syndrome?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff production of I Heart Radio. Hey

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<v Speaker 1>brain Stuff, Lauren bog Obam here. In the past few years,

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<v Speaker 1>it's become apparent that sitting at desks all day, followed

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<v Speaker 1>by hours of sitting on couches while we binge watched

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<v Speaker 1>The Great British Baking Show is slowly killing us. But

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<v Speaker 1>what we didn't know is that it's killing us. But first,

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<v Speaker 1>it's called dead butt syndrome. Well, officially it's called gluteal tendonopathy.

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<v Speaker 1>It affects the gluteus medius and minimus, which are smaller

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<v Speaker 1>muscles than the more well known gluotyus maximus. The glootyas

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<v Speaker 1>medius is attached to the upper portion of the pelvis

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<v Speaker 1>and the top of the femur, while the gluteus minimus

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<v Speaker 1>is attached to the outer surface of the pelvis and

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<v Speaker 1>the head of the femur. The two work with the

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<v Speaker 1>gloodyus maximus to form your buttocks, So when the glootys

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<v Speaker 1>minimus and medius are weak, it puts strain and pressure

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<v Speaker 1>on other muscles in the hip area, including the hip

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<v Speaker 1>flexors at the front of your pelvis, to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>your butt slack. According to a study published in the

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<v Speaker 1>Journal Sports med women are two to four times more

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<v Speaker 1>likely to experience gluteal tendonopathy. A similar study published the

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<v Speaker 1>same year in the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical

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<v Speaker 1>Therapy noted that few risk factors have been validated by science,

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<v Speaker 1>but to stand out, being a woman and being over

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<v Speaker 1>the age of forty, distance runners of any gender who

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<v Speaker 1>work desk jobs are also likely to experience dead but syndrome.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only do they park their rear ends and chairs

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<v Speaker 1>all day, but they're chosen sport also relies mostly on

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<v Speaker 1>the quadriceps at the front of the thighs there but

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<v Speaker 1>is just along for the ride on that Sunday long run.

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<v Speaker 1>If you suspect your butt is dead, you'll often notice

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<v Speaker 1>pain in your hip while in certain positions like sitting

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<v Speaker 1>with your legs crossed at the knees, or sitting with

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<v Speaker 1>your knees together but feet apart on the floor, standing

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<v Speaker 1>with one hip jutting to the side, standing with an

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<v Speaker 1>ankle crossed in front of the other, or lying on

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<v Speaker 1>your side with your knees bent. But there is good news.

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<v Speaker 1>You can resuscitate your butt. A few common glute exercises

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<v Speaker 1>can bring that butt back from the dead. Even if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have a dead butt diagnosis, doing exercises while

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<v Speaker 1>you binge watch other people baking can help undo the

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<v Speaker 1>damage of sitting all day. Various stretches and exercises like

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<v Speaker 1>dead lifts, the clamshell exercise, lateral bandwalks and bridges, or

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<v Speaker 1>hip lifts can help. In those studies, most people found

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<v Speaker 1>relief from these exercises, though it takes time In very

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<v Speaker 1>painful cases, some people might need to go the extra

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<v Speaker 1>step of getting cortico steroid injections or shockwave therapy. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to know if your butt is dead, Just stand

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<v Speaker 1>in front of a mirror and lift one leg. If

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<v Speaker 1>you see your hip dip on the same side as

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<v Speaker 1>your lifted foot, then the gluteus medius on the opposite

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<v Speaker 1>side is weak. Today's episode was written by Kristen Hall

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<v Speaker 1>Geisler and produced by Tyler Klein. Brain Stuff is production

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