TRIGGER POINT MASSAGE THERAPY


RagJohn

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Naturally, you can read this book for free, thru the Interlibrary book loan system. Davies does a fine job of using layman's language to interpret a much larger, medical language text. It refers to the fact that mini-"charlie horses" can and do get set up in the "belly" of nearly all your muscles, at one time or another. Most such triggerpoints will not ever relax without either injections of relaxant chemicals, or(painful) massage. He teaches you how to massage them out yourself, by using a rubberball in a pair of socks, rubbing it on the floor or the wall with your back, the back of your legs, etc. One of his main tenets is that where you feel the pain is often quite far away from where the pain is. For instance, a lot of what is known as "carpel tunnel syndrome" is actually caused by triggerpoints in your neck muscles. These "cramps" in the neck restrict blood flow to the muscles, right where the nerves and blood vessels emerge from the spinal cord. If you will give this massage a fair try (say, with severl repetitions per muscle group, per day, for a couple of weeks, you will agree that it it majorly helpful.

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