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Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain
Neuropathy | Last Active: Aug 14 2:32pm | Replies (324)Comment receiving replies
@loriesco Thank you for your kind words, and you're welcome! You'll find a provider search for MFR practitioners at http://mfrtherapists.com/
I can't recommend this type of fascial stretching enough. I personally have benefited a lot from doing this, and I continue to self treat at home with what I know how to do from my therapist.
There is also a book you can find called "Myofascial Stretching, A Guide to Self Treatment" by Jill Stedronsky and Brenda Pardy that has a lot of photos and descriptions on various MFR stretching you can do at home using balls to create the pressure for the stretch in place of the therapists hands. I usually do some stretching at night when I get in bed and I can lay on a ball placing it where it gets tight.
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@jenniferhunter and others - does anyone feel like they ever RECOVER from their trigger point areas? Or are we just providing ourselves with temporary comfort? I have done about everything I can think of over 30 years. It seems like I would have to give up my passions (or at least cut back substantially) in order to relax the muscles that have developed their own muscle memory at age 67. I started experiencing muscles which go into tightness at 37/38 in areas which I heavily rely on to do artwork and live my daily routines. With all my surgeries to correct underlying bone disorders/degeneration, the muscles still do what they do!
Yes, I have altered what I do as a result. But with all of that, it still feels like I will need to "suffer" for my art! Just wondering if older people (67) can expect to work without pain. Today I go again for MFR but a couple days ago I was suffering and it hasn't been but 2 weeks since the last visit. (I have been painting!) the muscle relaxers worked GREAT (tizanidine) to get me thru to todays visit.