Muscular tightness and trigger points (muscular knots) can develop through training, a lack of stretching, injury and postural misalignments. In these cases the muscle groups will be overworked or worked in the incorrect way leading to a build up of lactic acid and toxins. This concoction will cause specific points of pain (trigger points/knot) and when pressurised can also refer to other areas. Which in turn will prevent the muscle fibres from sliding across each other normally during contraction. If left untreated, the muscles will eventually stop activating efficiently and this can begin the cycle of pain, weakness, postural issues and injury.
Soft tissue therapy is a pathway of treatment to break this cycle. Our therapists use a mixture of soft tissue techniques to reflect the variety of your muscle fibres. Those that are mainly used are deep tissue massage and trigger point therapy. Both techniques team up to focus on breaking down the lactic acid and toxins formed. Specifically, through deep tissue massage, the strokes used provide a higher increase of blood circulation to the affected area, bringing along more oxygen. Then by applying direct pressure to specific trigger point allows the scientific conversion into good waste to occur, the muscle fibres to realign correctly and normal contraction is re-established. The process can therefore provide other benefits and aid particular disorders, these include:
- Anxiety
- Pain relief
- Muscle tension
- Postural correction
- Stress relief
- Digestive disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Headaches
- Insomnia related to stress
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Soft tissue strains or injuries
- Sports injuries
- Temporomandibular joint pain (pain in your jaw)
If you have any questions on anything covered within this article then please come and speak to me or give us a call on 01732451979 and we can help you.
Carla Joseph
Better Body Group, Sevenoaks
