Myofascial Release: The Unexpected Way to Boost Your Mobility
Achy Muscles Got You Down? Myofascial Release Could Provide Relief.
Are Your Muscles Bothering You Lately?
Do you have stiff or tight muscles? Muscle aches and pains may have a huge effect on your everyday life, but with myofascial release, sore muscles can be a thing of the past.
Myofascial pain is caused by muscular discomfort, and the myofascial release treatments at Chesterton Physical Therapy can help you if you have this condition.
Myofascial release is a type of physical therapy treatment in the form of massage that helps alleviate pain by relieving tension within the affected muscles.
One of our Sand Creek physical therapists will be pleased to meet with you and discuss how myofascial release can support you!
What can myofascial release help with?
Myofascial release can help you find pain relief for many kinds of injuries and disorders. These conditions can significantly affect your mobility when muscles become constricted or tight, causing pain and movement restrictions.
Fortunately, by loosening up the constricted muscles, myofascial release helps to reverse this, allowing faster, pain-free movement.
With myofascial release, many conditions can be handled. Some of the most frequent ones include:
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome patients may benefit from the myofascial release treatment, which involves massaging the muscles in their hands, wrists, and/or arms to improve function and mobility.
Venous insufficiency
Myofascial release can help reduce the amount of blood pooled in the veins and allow for more effective blood flow, reducing vein pain.
Myofascial pain syndrome
This is the most common disorder treated with myofascial release, and it can involve a variety of muscles.
The “trigger points” for your myofascial pain are identified and massaged away.
Temporomandibular joint disorder
The muscles around the jaw are massaged through myofascial release in many patients with temporomandibular joint disorder.
This decreases pain and inflammation, as well as increases mobility of the jaw.
Fibromyalgia
This condition can also cause stiffness in multiple muscles.
The affected areas will be determined and then massaged.
Chronic headaches/migraines
Myofascial release has also been known to relieve the pain of chronic headaches and migraines by massaging the tightened muscles around the head and neck.
Injury
Injuries can also cause muscle stiffness.
The affected area will be massaged to loosen up the muscles and allow for a quicker healing process.
Our Dunes Plaza, Willowcreek Rd, and Sand Creek physical therapists are well-versed in the myofascial release technique. They have a thorough understanding of which pressure points to target to restore the fascia to its normal elastic state.
If you have been diagnosed with one of the conditions listed above or another condition that you think could benefit from myofascial release, contact our Dunes Plaza, Willowcreek Rd, and Sand Creek physical therapy office today.
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Stiff, tight, constricted muscles shouldn’t limit your life. With myofascial release treatment, they don’t have to!
At Chesterton Physical Therapy, we are dedicated to providing the best quality treatment for your individual needs. Request an appointment at our Dunes Plaza, Willowcreek Rd, and Sand Creek physical therapy practice today for relief.
Manual traction
During manual traction, the therapist will apply gentle pressure to a specific region of the body to gently stretch the soft tissues and restore regular, natural motion.
This technique can also be used on other parts of the body, such as the arms, legs, and back, but the neck is the most widely used position for manual traction.
Soft Tissue Massage
Physical therapy massage treatments are a bit different from what you would expect at a spa. These are of a more treatment-oriented type, with a medical role.
Our Dunes Plaza, Willowcreek Rd, and Sand Creek physical therapists use massage procedures to break up scar tissue and adhesions caused by inflammation or injury as a way of manipulating the soft tissues.
This is accomplished by the use of deep pressure and rhythmic stretching, which assists them in locating and mobilizing highly restricted areas of the body.
These techniques also assist in increasing blood flow and circulation to the affected muscles and soft tissues.
Mobilization
Mobilization procedures are secure, efficient, and painless, enabling the range of motion to be increased and the mobility of the restricted joint to be enhanced.
It is typically the result of a restricted joint when you feel intense pain after experiencing an injury.
By applying pressure at a low velocity, our physical therapists are specifically trained in mobilization to restricted joints.
Could manual therapy be for you?
Manual therapy can help you get back to enjoying a full, happy life. Our dedicated physical therapists are eager to meet with you to get you moving once again.
If you are interested in gaining the many benefits of manual therapy, click here to request an appointment at Chesterton Physical Therapy today!
Sources:
- https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/physical-therapy/myofascial-release-therapy
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6087660/
