Exercise of the Month
Longitudinal study finds lack of physical fitness is linked to heightened risk of mental disorders
Chest stretch.
If you find yourself working hunched over a computer screen all day, it’s a good idea to take a stretch break every hour or so. The doorway stretch for your pectoralis muscles provides length for tight and contracted muscles and relief for those strained fatigued back muscles.
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Stretching May Have Cardiovascular Benefits
10 signs your workout is actually hurting you
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Strength Training and Pain Rehabilitation
Strength Training and Pain Rehabilitation
Trigger point referral patterns.
Myofascial trigger points form in a muscle due to overload stress. A portion of muscle fibers lock up into a knot. Once formed these points will irritate sensory nerves that are in proximity to the knot. When this happens,
trigger points have the capacity to refer pain along specific distributions or patterns that are well mapped out. sometimes pain may be felt at a great distance away from the actual point itself.
Trigger points
Trigger Points in muscle and other soft tissue are one of the most common causes of a wide variety of pain and dysfunction, including (but not limited to):
• Achy persistent pain
• Severe local pain
• Arm / leg pain
• Back pain
• Radiating pain
• Weakness
• Stiffness
• Pain resulting from a medical condition, such as
– Migraines
– Sciatica
– TMJ dysfunctions
– Arthritis
– Fibromyalgia
– Carpal tunnel syndrome
– Soft tissue injuries
– And more…
