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REMEMBER:
Day-to-day
activity can take its toll on the body. Whether it's training for a
triathlon, marathon, sporting event or just general work activities,
your body and its biomechanics are continuously being compromised. The
way you sit, stand, run, and drive affects the way your body will
function through movement. Being that your foot is the foundation for
your body it's important that you massage the muscles that control the
foot effectively and efficiently.
It's
important to understand that your foot is a puppet to the muscles in
the lower leg. The muscles surrounding the calf region all connect in
the bottom of the foot, so when these muscles get tight they are going
to pull from their insertion points and potentially cause errors to
occur. For more information please visit .
According to the Journal of Bodywork and Movement therapies, Trigger
Point and Myofacial Release Therapy can relieve muscular aches and
pains in association with the areas discussed. They can also assist
with the redevelopment of muscles and/or restore motion to the ankle
joints.
Additionally:
Massage has also been found to be a great way to counteract the effects of poor biomechanics;
Myofascial
release refers to the manual massage technique for stretching the
fascia and releasing bonds between fascia, integument, and muscles with
the goal of eliminating pain, increasing range of motion and
equilibrioception. Myofascial release usually involves applying shear
compression or tension in various directions, or by skin rolling. -
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TRIGGER POINT THERAPY:
Based
on the discoveries of Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons in which they
found the causal relationship between chronic pain and its source,
Myofascial Trigger Point therapy is used to relieve muscular pain and
dysfunction through applied pressure to trigger points of referred pain
and through stretching exercises. These points are defined as localized
areas in which the muscle and connective tissue are highly sensitive to
pain when compressed. Pressure on these points can send referred pain
to other specific parts of the body.
Trigger
Point Performance products are specifically designed to support the
massage associated with Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release
Therapy and other forms of massage therapy.
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