Trigger Point Therapy Made Simple: Serious Pain Relief in 4 Easy Steps by Richard Finn LMT CMTPT

Author:Richard Finn LMT CMTPT [Finn LMT CMTPT, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Rockridge Press
Published: 2020-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

Other muscles to treat: Sometimes the infraspinatus and brachialis can refer pain here.

Brachialis

Where it hurts: Intense pain at the base of your thumb with some lesser pain in your upper arm.

You might also be experiencing: When it’s really tight, you can’t straighten your elbow.

It’s often caused by: Keeping the elbow bent for too long during activities like using power tools, playing the guitar, or carrying heavy items.

Step 1: Treat the Spine

• Using a Big Bend Backnobber, Acumasseur, or Thumbby, apply pressure to the paraspinal muscles in the lower neck, right next to the C5–C6 vertebrae.

Step 2: Floss the Nerve

• Start by sitting or standing in a neutral position with your hands at your sides.

• Keeping your hands at your sides, open the palm and slowly turn it so that it faces forward as you straighten the elbow on the treatment side. At the same time, tilt your ear toward the treatment shoulder.

• Repeat a total of 10 times.

Step 3: Treat the Trigger Points

• Reach your non-treatment arm across your body to the treatment arm.

• Relax the treatment arm and gently move the bicep away from the body to get to the underlying brachialis.

• Using a Thumbby, apply pressure to any tender spots, holding for between 10 and 90 seconds per spot.

Step 4: Gently Move

• Sit or stand in a neutral position.

• Lengthen the muscle by raising your treatment arm, bending the elbow, and reaching behind you, as if you were trying to scratch between your shoulder blades. Return to neutral.

• Shorten the muscle by straightening the elbow and reaching backward so that your arm is extended behind you (from its lowest point, not overhead). Return to neutral again.

• Repeat a total of five times.

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