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NAT Presenters - Mike McGurn

NAT Presenters - Mike McGurn

Mike McGurn is a performance coach to both teams and individual athletes and is currently Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach at Queens University Belfast   World Class Performances Mike is widely...
Trigger Point Therapy - Using a Foam Roller

Trigger Point Therapy - Using a Foam Roller

  Using a Foam Roller - Mike McGurn   More about Mike McGurn ...   A foam roller can be an effective way for you to help relieve your own trigger...
Dry Needling for Trigger Points - Rhomboids

Dry Needling for Trigger Points - Rhomboids

  Treating Rhomboid Trigger Points - Dry Needling   Do not attempt to reproduce any of the techniques shown on this website unless they fall within your professional scope of...
Trigger Point Therapy - Splenius Capitis/Splenius Cervicis

Trigger Point Therapy - Splenius Capitis/Splenius Cervicis

  Neck Pain and Stiffness - Trigger Points are likely to re-activate where poor posture isn't addressed      Neck pain and stiffness is often related to active trigger points in the...
Self Care for Common Hip Pain - Trigger Point Tools

Self Care for Common Hip Pain - Trigger Point Tools

  Jeffrey Lutz CMTPT demonstrates the use of a pressure tool for the relief of common hip pain     See Trigger Point Tools   Everyone should invest in a good...
Trigger Point Therapy - Gluteus Minimus

Trigger Point Therapy - Gluteus Minimus

    Treating Gluteus Minimus - Stuart Hinds   [Greek gloutos, buttock; Latin minimus, smallest] The gluteus minimus is situated anteroinferior and deep to the gluteus medius, whose fibers obscure...
Trigger Point Therapy - Rotator Cuff Tendinitis

Trigger Point Therapy - Rotator Cuff Tendinitis

Vacuum Cupping - General Shoulder Sequence     Rotator cuff tendinitis results from the irritation and inflammation of the tendons of the rotator cuff muscles in the area underlying the acromion...
Pathophysiology of Trigger Points

Pathophysiology of Trigger Points

   Trigger Points - An Overview of the Evidence     Understanding trigger points will change the way you think about pain management Sadly, too many therapists remain out of the...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating the Wrist Flexor Muscles

Trigger Point Therapy - Treating the Wrist Flexor Muscles

  Trigger Point Therapy - Wrist Flexors     Medial Overload Syndrome This covers a range of syndromes related to pain on the inside part of the elbow (medial epicondyle)....
Trigger Point Therapy - The Diaphragm

Trigger Point Therapy - The Diaphragm

  How To Assess and Influence Your Breathing    [Greek dia, across; phragma, partition, wall] See also: Diaphragm and Breathing ORIGIN Back of xiphoid process (lower tip of sternum). Lower six...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Teres Major

Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Teres Major

    Treating Trigger Points in Teres Major     Trigger points in the Teres Major muscle are associated with many common shoulder injuries The teres major, along with the tendon...
Why do Trigger Points become active?

Why do Trigger Points become active?

  Trigger Points Become Active as Part of the Sensitization Process   The two most important characteristics of trigger points that you will notice are tender “knots” or tight bands...