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Especially when making claims or speaking of specific techniques, references are needed, and often explanations. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 21:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
====Soft Tissue Therapy==== | |||
Treatment techniques include: | |||
* Trigger point therapy for the alleviation of trigger points. | |||
* Myofascial (muscle and fascia) therapy for flexibility/mobility of the connective tissues of our body, or for alleviating fibrous adhesions and decreasing the severity of scars. | |||
* Broad handed techniques for reducing swelling or inflammation | |||
* Frictions for the ridding of adhesions between fascial layers, muscles, compartments and the like. Frictions also promote healing in tendon pathologies as well as decreasing pain perception. | |||
* Sustained pressure (digital pressures) to alleviate hypertonic (tight)areas within muscle and fascia | |||
* Other techniques such as Active Release Therapies, Myofascial Release and deep tissue massage are all derivatives of the techniques above. They are NOT unique techniques with unique results. | |||
* Stretching - static, dynamic, and/or PNF stretches (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) | |||
* Muscle Energy Technique (MET) | |||
* Exercise Prescription | |||
* Advice | |||
This is one of the techniques used by sports massage therapists. | |||
Revision as of 16:48, 27 January 2011
Sections needing work
Especially when making claims or speaking of specific techniques, references are needed, and often explanations. Howard C. Berkowitz 21:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Soft Tissue Therapy
Treatment techniques include:
- Trigger point therapy for the alleviation of trigger points.
- Myofascial (muscle and fascia) therapy for flexibility/mobility of the connective tissues of our body, or for alleviating fibrous adhesions and decreasing the severity of scars.
- Broad handed techniques for reducing swelling or inflammation
- Frictions for the ridding of adhesions between fascial layers, muscles, compartments and the like. Frictions also promote healing in tendon pathologies as well as decreasing pain perception.
- Sustained pressure (digital pressures) to alleviate hypertonic (tight)areas within muscle and fascia
- Other techniques such as Active Release Therapies, Myofascial Release and deep tissue massage are all derivatives of the techniques above. They are NOT unique techniques with unique results.
- Stretching - static, dynamic, and/or PNF stretches (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation)
- Muscle Energy Technique (MET)
- Exercise Prescription
- Advice
This is one of the techniques used by sports massage therapists.