mobility – The Fascial Effect

Heavy handbag? It can weigh you down

As life gets busier we start carrying more and more around in our handbags – actually some of the bags that you see couldn’t be described as ‘handbags’ – they’re almost suitcases!

So if you’re carrying your life around with you be aware that you could develop all kinds of physical reactions. If you feel:

Pain around your neck or shoulder area
Numbness or pins and needles in your arm or hand
Persistent headaches
Tightness on one side of your neck

You need to take action.

Rest won’t necessarily fix the problem, if your soft tissues are strained or stuck, you’re going to need some expert help to release the tension and get things moving again. This might include:

Myofascial release to loosen your connective tissue
Hot stones to warm and hydrate muscles
Cupping to increase blood supply and release toxins
Trigger point therapy to release pain
Stretching to restore flexibility

Your pain may not be caused by lugging a handbag, it could be carrying a baby or toddler or lugging any heavy items around on a regular basis. Don’t compound the damage by doing nothing, get treatment to relieve the pain and restore normal movement again.

Call Jas on 07775 633798 to find out more

Body

Get your body moving again after a long lockdown

If you’ve begun to feel less physically confident than you were before the COVID-19 pandemic, it can have a direct impact on your lifestyle. You may be wondering if you should resume certain activities, because you’re not sure your body can handle them.

While some people did more walking to get exercise, many found themselves spending more time sitting (not always in the ideal chair to support the body properly) working from the kitchen table or a corner of the bedroom.

This means more aches and pains holding you back, but rather than accepting that your lifestyle has been curtailed, it’s simply that your muscles need some care and maintenance.

Would you like 2022 to be the year you:

Reduce muscle and joint pain?
Turn off muscle stiffness?
Feel comfortable and strong again?
Get back to doing activities you love?

Research suggests that active trigger points develop due to overuse and the wear and tear of daily life. Meanwhile, latent trigger points may develop in underused tissue, making them more likely to occur in people who are sedentary.

A trigger point is an irritated area of fascia located in a muscle. The more irritated the trigger point, the greater the pain. Your fascia is just trying to protect you – but it hurts!

Trigger points can cause:

Deep, hard to locate, lower back pain
Neck and shoulder pain
Pain in the arm, wrist and hand
Weakness, pain and instability in your knees
Hip pain
Pain shooting down the leg
Pain in heel and sole of the foot

Intense exercise or over-vigorous massage during this time would be like blowing on a fire or feeding it more heat. ‘No pain no gain’ treatment for trigger points is long outdated.

Instead relaxation, gentle myofascial stretches and ischemic pressure to trigger points will gently calm the affected area down and fix the problem. This is an effective way to release spasmed muscle and get active again.

So, if you want the gift of a new lease of confidence, health, comfort and strength, give yourself a myofascial makeover and tune up after a long COVID-19 lockdown.

For more information call 07775633798