"A focus of hyper irritability in a tissue that when compressed is locally tender and if sufficiently hypersensitive gives rise to referred pain and tenderness" Janet Travell
Trigger point don't exist in health tissue.
Neuromuscular Massage Therapy work focuses on the treatment of trigger points.
More later
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Homeostasis, Health and Soft Tissue
The body's ability to maintain homeostasis is a determining factor in the degree of ones health. It is important that the mind / body be able adapt and respond to different kinds of stress and maintain a balance with the body's physiological systems. Maintaining homeostasis is a very important goal to ones health.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Temporal-Mandibular Joint (TMJ)
Many people suffer with TMJ in this high stress world we live in. Part of my training is to treat this condition using an intraoral technique treating the Masseter, Medial Pterygoid, and the Lateral Pterygoid muscles. This technique is highly effective in treating this condition.
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