A Mantra a Day Keeps the Injuries Away
Repeating and embracing the following mantra will dramatically improve your success when overcoming injury and enhancing your performance!
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| June is National Athletic Therapy Month |
RELEASE...Release trigger points, scar tissue and adhesions
LENGTHEN...Lengthen muscles & fascia through focused stretching
STRENGTHEN...Strengthen the muscle with targeted exercises
Feel the JOY in a body that works for YOU!
Releasing Troublesome Trigger Points, Part 1
Just because you feel pain in a certain area of your body does not necessarily mean that is where the source of the pain is.
Take a moment look at the following image. Do you see the areas that are marked in red? These areas indicate zones in the body where you may be experiencing pain.
In this image you can notice that the pain region is located in the lower back, sacral and upper thigh area. However, based on the work of Travell and Simmons, leading experts in the field of trigger point theory, the sensation of pain may not be the location of the source of pain. In this case trigger points (shown by the white x in the diagram) in the gluteus medius muscle are referring pain into these regions. Not only do trigger points in the gluteus medius refer pain into the low back, they also enhance the likelihood of injuries with activities involving running and walking!
By releasing these trigger points you can reduce or eliminate the pain in your lower back, sacral or upper thigh area and increase your ability to strengthen the muscle so that you may return to the activities you love...
Would you like more information about what a trigger point is? Share this post and Stay tuned...
Take a moment look at the following image. Do you see the areas that are marked in red? These areas indicate zones in the body where you may be experiencing pain.
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| June is National Athletic Therapy Month! |
In this image you can notice that the pain region is located in the lower back, sacral and upper thigh area. However, based on the work of Travell and Simmons, leading experts in the field of trigger point theory, the sensation of pain may not be the location of the source of pain. In this case trigger points (shown by the white x in the diagram) in the gluteus medius muscle are referring pain into these regions. Not only do trigger points in the gluteus medius refer pain into the low back, they also enhance the likelihood of injuries with activities involving running and walking!
By releasing these trigger points you can reduce or eliminate the pain in your lower back, sacral or upper thigh area and increase your ability to strengthen the muscle so that you may return to the activities you love...
Would you like more information about what a trigger point is? Share this post and Stay tuned...
Listen to your Body when it Whispers...
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| June is National Athletic Therapy Month! |
"If you listen to your body when it whispers, you won't have to hear it scream"
Do you have pain that is quietly whispering to you asking you to do something about it? Perhaps decreasing your mileage, going back to that stretching routine you've long forgotten about or strengthening that ankle you sprained last month?
Listen to your whisper and take one pro-active step today to stop it from becoming a scream!
A Foundation for Success
When embarking on a journey towards cultivating strength and stability in the body, a stable foundation is the key to success. At the heart of this stable foundation is the pelvic floor, an often overlooked group of muscles at the base of the pelvis forming a bowl like structure that support our bladder, uterus and bowels.
Take Care of your Posture...it does the body good!
Believe it or not, when your mother told you to sit up straight, she was actually on to something! Poor postural habits can lead to neck or jaw tension as well as back and shoulder pain. Sitting for prolonged periods of time, whether it be in front of a computer or during longer commutes, tends to heighten our probability of developing aches and pains due to faulty posture.
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