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Stretching for Pain Relief - Shoulder & Neck Pain

Stretching for Pain Relief - Shoulder & Neck Pain

  Shoulder Pain and Rhomboid Trigger Points    Trigger points are common in all the main shoulder and neck muscles In fact just about all of us have latent trigger...
Trigger Point Therapy - Great Stretches for Latissimus Dorsi

Trigger Point Therapy - Great Stretches for Latissimus Dorsi

MET for Stretching Latissimus Dorsi Common daily activities such as gardening can lead to active trigger points in latissimus dorsi which in turn can lead to painful and debilitating symptoms...
Five Awesome Stretches for the Hip and Thigh

Five Awesome Stretches for the Hip and Thigh

  IT Band Stretch      Stretching is often a key component of trigger point treatment Here are five simple stretches that we typically refer to in terms of an...
Massage Cupping for Muscle Adhesions and Scarring Caused by Tattoos

Massage Cupping for Muscle Adhesions and Scarring Caused by Tattoos

    NAT instructor Vicki Ramsdell LMT talks about tattoos, muscle adhesions and how cupping is her "go to" modality for treating these.     Links Find a Trigger Point...
Treating Shoulder Pain - Shoulder Arthritis

Treating Shoulder Pain - Shoulder Arthritis

  Find a Therapist Near You       Shoulder arthritis - for most cases, there are treatments that may help reduce the pain and improve range of motion In 2011,...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Spondylolisthesis

Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Spondylolisthesis

  Trigger Point Therapy Treatment for Spondylolisthesis    Spondylolisthesis is a fracture and slippage of a spinal vertebra (usually lower lumbar). It can develop for a range of reasons and...
Trigger Points - An Overview of the Evidence Base

Trigger Points - An Overview of the Evidence Base

Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Presents an Overview of the Evidence Behind Trigger Point Therapy   Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons (1992) described a trigger point as, “A highly irritable localised...
Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome (AINS)

Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome (AINS)

  Testing for Median Nerve Entrapments - Stuart Hinds      Anterior interosseous nerve syndrome (AINS) is one of 3 common median nerve entrapment syndromes; the other two being pronator teres...
Massage Therapy for Sciatica?

Massage Therapy for Sciatica?

  As lower body tension can be rooted in tension in the feet it is important to work the feet prior to working deep into the legs. We start by...
Treating Shoulder Pain - Deltoid Muscles

Treating Shoulder Pain - Deltoid Muscles

 Treating Trigger Points in the Deltoid Muscles   Deltoid pain is most often mistaken for bursitis or rotator cuff injury The deltoid, along with supraspinatus and associated rotator cuff muscles, will regularly develop...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Pectineus

Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Pectineus

   Treating Trigger Points - Hip Adductors / Pectineus   Pectineus trigger points are a common cause of groin pain, and often overlooked The pectineus is sandwiched between the psoas...
Treating Sciatic Pain - The Slump Test

Treating Sciatic Pain - The Slump Test

  Assessing Sciatic Pain - Stuart Hinds   Assessing Sciatic Nerve Pain - The Slump Test As a general rule, we apply the Slump test as a follow up to...