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My Blog
SyndicatePT: Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:15 PM
 For almost a year now I had been waiting for a certification
and training program to become available for the Trigger Point therapy system. I
had heard the buzz and seen it represented at major sporting events, in top
gyms and training facilities(Twist and AP), and just recently on health shows.
I wanted to get a chance to be in on it and see if it really could live up to
the hype. Well I finally got my chance at the last CAN-FIT-PRO here in
Vancouver, BC. Did it deserve the hype? After the long training I can say
YES! First off let me explain the basics and uses for this unique system. Alot
of trainers out there have tryed the foam roller approach towards SMR(Self
Myofacial Release) to some limited success. Let me say one thing, and if you
have ever had an actual therapeutic massage you will understand, I was shocked
by the amount of pain endured but also the difference it made in record time.
The idea behind the TriggerPoint U6 set is that we now have access to our own
personal Massage Therapist 24hr a day 365 days per year for free after
purchasing the set. The benefits are
comprised of two distinct phases which
in itself created quite the difference from other SMR programs. There actually
were some performance increasing attributes that occurred pre-exercise as I
learned early on. Post-treatment exercise efficiency and muscle reactivity went
through the roof, thats just the Pre-Gen phase. The Post-exercise or Re-Gen
benefits were just as shocking but not
so much what they did but to what extent. Primary benefits include decreased
recovery time, Increased plyability, and to increase circulation of oxygenated
blood and purging of waste from muscle sites. So anyways back on track,
basically what we went through(being a group of 20+ PTs and GFTs) was a full
TriggerPoint treatment to one side of our body. Now it doesn’t take a genius to
figure out that training one side isn’t the best idea but it was done with a
purpose, to illustrate the advantageous properties of the treatment as we would
soon learn. Depending on our levels of dehydration and Muscle fascia Tightness
we fought through the full treatment with varying degrees of moaning and tears.
The thing that really illustrated change was the repeated testing of different
physical ROMs and Movement patterns throughout both to treated and untreated
sides of the body. Right off the bat we started to see change both in ourselves
and the parters we were treating. Movement efficiency and muscle soreness both
improved. So come out and see for yourself. Athlete or muscular pain sufferer
Triggerpoint might just be the solution to you performance and efficiency
issues as well as ongoing pain.Special Thanks To Twist Conditioning and Trigger Point for making this wicked training possible! |
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