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“My back is killing me.”

If you’ve uttered this phrase or the thought has crossed your mind recently, you’re not alone. Pain is a serious problem. Somewhere between 50-100 million Americans suffer from some type of chronic pain, and about 25 million of those say they’re in pain on a daily basis. A whopping 80% of Americans will suffer from back pain at some point or other, and one out of every three adults say back pain has an impact on their everyday activities, including important stuff like sleep. The good news is that there is a drug-free, surgery-free way to get relief for your chronic back pain : trigger point massage .

While most of us have experienced back or neck pain, very few of us know what causes the problem. Stress, poor posture, a sedentary lifestyle, and injuries are common culprits, but a lesser known cause of back and neck pain are trigger points . Trigger points are tiny micro-cramps in the muscles. Sometimes, they’re a complication that happen following an injury. Other times, trigger points are the source of the problem. And plenty of times, they’re like the chicken-and-egg conundrum, a little bit of both.

Trigger points can cause pain anywhere, such as in back or neck muscles. This is called local pain, and it means you feel it right where the trigger point is located. Trigger points can also refer pain elsewhere, such as up into your head or down into your hips and legs. When you have a whole bunch of trigger points , this is called myofascial pain syndrome, or MPS.

Fibromyalgia is another common type of chronic pain. Some 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with the condition, but it is possible (and even probable) that the tender points doctors use to diagnose fibromyalgia may also be trigger points .

The massage therapists at Massage Revolution’s Back & Neck Relief Center are experts at unraveling the mystery of trigger point pain . Because chronic pain is, well, chronic, many of our customers prefer to come for regular appointments, but you can experience amazing relief after just a single session. Trigger point therapy and neuromuscular massage might just be the piece of the puzzle you’ve been missing to solve the mystery of your chronic pain.

You Could Be A Candidate For Trigger Point Therapy Or Neuromuscular Massage For Trigger Point Pain !
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 310-798-4263 OR GO TO www.MassageRevolution.com

The Back & Neck Relief Center (Massage Revolution)
500 S. Sepulveda Blvd Suite 101
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Trigger points are small but incredibly sensitive areas in your muscles that can cause intense pain in neck and back muscles, or anywhere in the body. A primary or central trigger point might be the result of an injury, repetitive stress or even happen due to oddball circumstances, such as having an air conditioning vent blowing on you all day long. If you’ve tried pain killers, muscle relaxants and other common treatments for your pain without success, read on. Neuromuscular massage and trigger point therapy can provide the relief you’re looking for, all without drugs or surgery.

Trigger point pain can take on a surprising number forms. Besides the all-too-common nagging pain in neck and low back muscles, trigger points can cause wide-spread stiffness, tingling or a dull ache that makes the day drag. They might show up as a headache, sciatica, carpel tunnel or tendonitis. Trigger points can also hit you with intense zingers that leaves you breathless.

But while injury, accidents, poor posture, and under- or overuse can cause a trigger point to develop, it doesn’t always stop there. Satellite trigger points often pop up near the primary one, and sometimes secondary trigger points can also appear. A secondary trigger point usually happens as a result of compensating for the original problem. So for example, if you have a sedentary job, primary trigger points can develop in low back muscles from sitting in the same posture for hours on end, and secondary points can spring up in the hip flexors and thighs due to shortening of the muscles from disuse, aka, atrophy. Looking at your phone or computer screen for long periods of time can cause ‘text neck,’ and often results in painful trigger points in neck muscles that can shoot up into the head or down the arms as the muscles in your neck strain to hold up that head that weighs as much as a bowling ball.

The therapists at Massage Revolution’s Back & Neck Relief Center are all certified in neuromuscular massage and trigger point therapy . We’re pros at finding all your trigger points , whether primary, secondary, satellite or any other kind, and you’ll likely feel incredible relief after a single session. Sound too good to be true? It isn’t. Trigger point massage is just plain old good.

Neuromuscular Massage Or Trigger Point Therapy May Be The
Solution For Your Pain !
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 310-798-4263 OR GO TO www.MassageRevolution.com

The Back & Neck Relief Center (Massage Revolution)
500 S. Sepulveda Blvd Suite 101
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Chronic pain is pain that goes on for weeks, months, or even years. Trigger points in neck and back muscles are sore or sensitive spots in the body that are implicated in a number of common chronic pain complaints including low back pain, neck pain, migraines, frozen shoulder and sciatica to name just a few. And neuromuscular massage utilizes trigger point therapy to give you lasting relief.

You may be wondering which came first, the trigger point or the chronic pain. But while it can sound kind of like the chicken and egg conundrum, when it comes to pain, the question is no joke.

When you’re injured, your nerves send a signal to your brain to let you know there is a problem. This is known as acute pain and it usually goes away within a short amount of time. Chronic pain is different. It sticks around. Some 100,000 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and 1 out of 10 have experienced pain that lasts for 3 or more months. Worldwide, over 1.5 billion people suffer from chronic pain. And trigger point massage therapy is a great solution.

Chronic low back pain is the most common complaint, followed by headaches and migraines, then neck pain. More than three-quarters of those people report feeling depressed due to their chronic pain, and 1 person out of 5 says the pain disturbs their sleep at least a few nights a week. Over half of Americans who suffer from chronic pain say that they feel they have little to no control over the problem. The good news is you do have the power to do something about your chronic pain, and it doesn’t involve drugs or surgery.

There are several trigger points in neck and back muscles that contribute to these problems. The pain may stay local, meaning you feel pain right under the trigger point, or it may refer, meaning you feel it elsewhere, such as pain that radiates up into your head or down to your legs. Neuromuscular massage and trigger point therapy release the muscles and alleviate the problem, even if the condition has gone on for some time.

Many people experience relief after a single treatment of neuromuscular massage or trigger point therapy. While for some one session is all they need, others may find that regular appointments help to manage pain and stress due to their lifestyle, work or stress load. The massage and bodyworkers at Massage Revolution have been specially trained in trigger point therapy. We want to help you free yourself from chronic pain.

YOU MAY BE A CANDIDATE FOR TRIGGER POINT MASSAGE THERAPY
OR NEUROMUSCULAR MASSAGE FOR CHRONIC PAIN!
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 310-798-4263
OR GO TO www.MassageRevolution.com

The Back & Neck Relief Center (Massage Revolution)
500 S. Sepulveda Blvd Suite 101
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

Do you get frequent headaches or migraines? Do you wake up in the morning with neck pain after sleeping? Do you have pain in the front of the neck? If you answered ‘yes’ to any or all of these questions, Massage Revolution here in Manhattan Beach can help clarify many of the common causes of headaches.

Headaches may seem like a minor complaint, but they cost big in terms of dollars and lost productivity. How many days of work do you think people lose, collectively, due to headaches each year, just in the US? A hundred? A thousand? A hundred thousand? Try 157 million. (Yes, there really are people who track this sort of info.) Want to take a guess at how much that adds up to in terms of absenteeism and medical bills? We’ll just tell you: around $50 billion.

It’s estimated that for around 20% of patients who suffer from chronic headaches, their pain starts in the neck. Tight muscles in the neck are also a common cause of migraine headaches. If you suffer from regular headaches, you probably don’t want to be popping pills all the time, and that’s where we come in. Neuromuscular and trigger point massage therapy is the most effective manual treatment for neck muscle pain and headaches.

Trigger points (sore spots that may radiate pain elsewhere) are common with chronic pain and the causes of migraine headaches quite often. Typically, the trigger points for neck pain are found in the neck itself, and also the upper back. Our specially-trained advanced neuromuscular massage therapists determine where the trigger points are located, as well as where best to apply treatment in order to restore your muscles to their normal, relaxed, pain-free state.

Like many (if not most) complementary and alternative therapies, massage often gets treated like the red-headed stepchild when it comes to serious research. But there are new studies that prove that patients who suffer from neck pain have more pain-free days with high quality evidenced-based neuromuscular trigger point massage and bodywork than those who do not use massage therapy.

The results of these studies help everyone — patients and practitioners — to find the best treatment for optimum results for the most common causes of headaches. While these guidelines are helpful, we custom-tailor the session to your individual needs. Contact us!

YOU MAY BE A CANDIDATE FOR SOFT-TISSUE THERAPY OR NEUROMUSCULAR MASSAGE CARE FOR NECK OR HEADACHE PAIN!

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 310-798-4263 OR GO TO www.MassageRevolution.com

The Back & Neck Relief Center (Massage Revolution)
500 S. Sepulveda Blvd Suite 101
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

With so many pillow options on the market today, no wonder people are so confused as to the best pillow for neck and back pain. There are pillows for stomach sleepers, side sleepers, back sleepers, and insomniacs!

To add to this, every pillow ad says they have the world’s greatest pillow to solve your neck, shoulder and back pain. Even health practitioners are often biased as to their favorite sleeping cushions.

Here’s the deal with pillows, and it’s very important for you to understand…

It’s not about the pillow, never was, and never will be.

It’s about your postural alignment, and how your head, neck, shoulder and hips line up when sleeping.

The better aligned your head, neck, shoulders and hips are when sleeping, the less aches and pains you have when you awake!

Focusing on your alignment specifically, and not your pillow, is your best long termsolution to minimize tension all night long, and get your best nights sleep.

You see, you may have the “world’s greatest neck, cervical, or lumbar pillow”, yet if it’s too thick and lifts your head too high, then your head is out of alignment all night with your neck and shoulder muscles suffering.

The solution is quite simple…use a thin pillow that gently supports your neck yet doesn’t lift it too high out of alignment from the rest of your body. If you need any further neck support, roll a small towel, roughly 3-4 inches in diameter, and put it under your neck to support your cervical curve further.

This maintains the proper position and alignment for your neck and back.

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