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  2.  Myofascial Release is an alternative treatment treatment claimed to be tremendously helpful for treating chronic pain and frozen skeletal muscle cramps by relaxing tight contracted myofascial muscles, improving blood flow, boosting nutrients and oxygen, and increasing the release of pain signals from the nervous system. https://soulanma.com/busanmassage/ It is reputed to help alleviate the pain caused by conditions such as whiplash, tennis elbow, bursitis, tennis , carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger points, osteoarthritis, and multiple sclerosis. It is also said to be effective in helping to reconstruct and rehabilitate damaged tendons, ligaments, muscles, or bones. There are many different techniques for treating myofascial release, all of which can be used by themselves or in combination with each other.
  3.  The technique is often used for treatment of soreness throughout the body, particularly in the lower back, neck, shoulders, and hip regions. A massage therapist may initially employ slow controlled shallow to deep superficial myofascial release methods to the affected muscles or tissues in order to unwind and release the tensed muscles and fascia. After the first application of techniques, the massage therapist will advance to applying longer and deeper levels of controlled pressure until a desired amount of muscle relaxation and spasm are reached. Long sustained pressure is put on the muscles to alleviate any mechanical shortening of the fascia or the tensed muscles. Massage therapists who use this method of myofascial release on patients with injured muscles and tissues report improved blood circulation, increased nourishment and oxygen absorption in the region, and enhanced mobility in the treated cells.
  4.  Controlled muscle elongation and stretching is another technique used to achieve long term and consistent pain relief and enhance motor function. It is commonly used for patients with injuries to the low back, hips, shoulders, knees, or elbows. Control techniques are used on a regular and ongoing basis to maintain pain relief and prevent further injury while reducing inflammation and stiffness. Most professional therapists offering myofascial release therapies are proficient in applying myofascial release techniques to patients suffering from many different chronic conditions including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, and much more. They have trained in the safe and effective application of this treatment method for more than a decade and are highly trained in applying its precise techniques.
  5.  One of the most frequent areas where a therapist working with a myofascial release apparatus will use the technique is in the neck, shoulder, knee, hips, and ankle areas. It is an extremely effective tool when used in conjunction with other therapeutic modalities such as ultrasound, heat, ice, physical therapy, laser treatment, or ultrasound together with ice and heat. A foam roller is a technical piece of equipment that's used during a massage therapy session to employ myofascial release methods and supply deep tissue stretching. This special foam roller has a soft, insulation cover which allows it to provide a comfortable, even pressure along the contours of the body while decreasing the possibility of injury.
  6.  When myofascial release techniques are used for pain control, they not only reduce the degree of discomfort in a particular area, but they also stimulate the growth of new, healthy, elastic myofascial tissues. In actuality, when a patient is undergoing a myofascial release therapy session, the therapist uses a low to moderate level stretch at the onset of the treatment and has been doing so throughout the session to keep the integrity of the injured muscles and tissues. Often, depending on the thickness of the pain, additional treatments are applied to the customer after the initial treatment was administered. This is important to keep the client comfortable and allows the therapist to determine which areas of the body require extra work and where more time ought to be allowed before moving on.
  7.  The technique of myofascial release works best when combined with other alternative techniques of pain control, such as trigger point therapy and deep tissue massage. Trigger point therapy works by boosting the strength of the muscle you are working by applying continuous pressure along the length of the muscle. Trigger points are the result of muscle inflammation, irritation, or scar tissue that occurs in and around muscles that are overstressed. Trigger points may be treated with frequent trigger point massages and/or trigger point injections, but a lot of chiropractors believe that by providing another method of pain management, trigger points can be effectively and completely removed with myofascial release techniques.
  8.  During a myofascial release therapy, your physical therapist may apply soft, even pressure to the targeted muscles and cells. The physical therapist will first apply gentle pressure to the area in question before proceeding into a midline pressure. The goal of this gentle pressure is to produce the necessary trigger point decrease without causing any damage to any of the surrounding muscles or tissues. If you feel pain when the physical therapist is applying pressure to a specific spot, they are using too much pressure in that spot, so just stop the session and try again later.
  9.  If you don't feel pain, it does not follow that your condition is treatable. Occasionally myofascia will heal on its own after a couple of treatments, but you might want to seek other kinds of treatment if the condition worsens. Myofascial release techniques are sometimes recommended by physical therapists or chiropractors after their patient has had three or more prior massage therapy treatments. A trigger point may be the cause of poor posture, but there are many other causes of poor posture, including muscle imbalance, weak muscles, joint stiffness, and weak ligaments and tissues. Trigger point release techniques can help all these conditions, or may be used in conjunction with other treatment methods.
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