June 3, 2018
The levator scapulae muscle is the most common cause of “stiff neck” complaints, with limited and painful movement. In a clinical case study of active trigger points, the levator scapulae muscle was the most commonly involved neck/shoulder girdle muscle. In another study of 200 normal young adults, 20% of subjects were found to have trigger […]
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May 27, 2018
Headaches from the back of the head, to the forehead and eyes, that feel like the whole side of the heads hurts, almost like a migraine, is common. The suboccipital muscles are the deepest muscles at the base of the skull and the major muscular source of this head pain. Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in […]
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May 20, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Redondo Beach: Pain Reaching Behind Your Back or Laying On Your Side? Trigger points in the infraspinatus, a small muscle on your shoulder blade, are often the hidden cause for weak, stiff shoulders and arms that tire easily. These trigger points lock up the muscle and make it difficult to […]
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May 13, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Hermosa Beach: Does Your Shoulder Click, Grind, or Hurt? Trigger points in your rotator cuff and shoulder muscles, such as your supraspinatus, subscapularis, and infraspinatus muscles, are often the source of the clicks, grinding, and pain you feel in your shoulder joint. Unresolved trigger points in your shoulder predispose […]
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May 6, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in South Bay: High Prevalence of Back Pain in High School Sports. Low back pain is a surprisingly common complaint among young athletes. A study from Finland analyzed 464 teenage athletes from a variety of sports and found that 54.9% experienced back pain during the previous year but only about a […]
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April 29, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Manhattan Beach: Whiplash May Cause Headaches and Neck Pain in 1 Out of Every 6 Elderly Patients. Could chronic neck pain and headaches in elderly patients be related to a whiplash injury earlier in life? Comprehensive examinations on 134 elderly patients with chronic neck pain and/or headaches determined that damage […]
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April 22, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Manhattan Beach: Why Doesn’t Your Shoulder Move Well. According to a fascinating article in Massage Today, one of the most overlooked causes of Restricted Range of Motion (RRoM) in the arms is a trigger point cluster — several trigger points in relatively close proximity — in the subscapularis muscle (that’s […]
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April 15, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Manhattan Beach: Breakthrough Study Shows Neuromuscular Massage Relieves Low Back Pain A “systematic review of systematic reviews” issued by the US National Library Medicine examined dozens of examinations of hundreds of studies on the question of whether or not massage therapy was an effective treatment of low back pain. Studies […]
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April 8, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Manhattan Beach: Cross-Country Study Shows Trigger Points Are Consistent Trigger points are new enough to the medical field that few people are seriously studying them, but some groups are making attempts. In this case, a group of scientists from England, Switzerland, and Italy got together and attempted to map the […]
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April 1, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Manhattan Beach: Cross-Country Study Shows Trigger Points Are Consistent Trigger points are new enough to the medical field that few people are seriously studying them, but some groups are making attempts. In this case, a group of scientists from England, Switzerland, and Italy got together and attempted to map the […]
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March 18, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Manhattan Beach: Trigger Points & Massage for Lumbar Disc Herniation Researchers recently from randomly divided 60 patients with lumbar disc hernias into two groups: one received the standard treatment of B12 injections, traction, and heat therapy. The other received trigger point stimulation and neuromuscular massage therapy. The standard therapy produced […]
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March 17, 2018
Neuromuscular Trigger Point Massage in Manhattan Beach: Massage Improves Vascular Health; Relieves Pain Nina Cherie Franklin, a University of Illinois at Chicago postdoctoral fellow in physical therapy, lead a study of the effects of massage on the body. Volunteers were broken into three groups: one that did strenuous leg exercises and received no treatment, one […]
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