Many patients literally beat a dead horse by painfully rubbing out or doing active pin and stretch techniques for perceptions of upper trap tightness. While I used to use these techniques with great success years ago, they are usually pretty uncomfortable at best. If you slack high tone/tenderness passively and hold it for a bit, often the trigger/tender point is significantly diminished then any kind of active loading strategy will be much better tolerated. Hope this helps! Are you a patient in need of my help? Click on the link in my profile to contact me for a live or virtual visit? Clinician? Level up with our full online seminar and learn how to easily Eval, Reset, and Stabilize most MSK conditions like a boss! Now certified in most states for PT CEUs! https://modmt.com/onlineseminar #physicaltherapy #physio #physiotherapy #chiropractic #athletictraining #massagetherapy #occupationaltherapy #manualtherapy #modernmanualtherapy #theeclecticapproach
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Manual Therapy for Upper Trap Trigger Points
Many patients literally beat a dead horse by painfully rubbing out or doing active pin and stretch techniques for perceptions of upper trap tightness. While I used to use these techniques with great success years ago, they are usually pretty uncomfortable at best. If you slack high tone/tenderness passively and hold it for a bit, often the trigger/tender point is significantly diminished then any kind of active loading strategy will be much better tolerated. Hope this helps! Are you a patient in need of my help? Click on the link in my profile to contact me for a live or virtual visit? Clinician? Level up with our full online seminar and learn how to easily Eval, Reset, and Stabilize most MSK conditions like a boss! Now certified in most states for PT CEUs! https://modmt.com/onlineseminar #physicaltherapy #physio #physiotherapy #chiropractic #athletictraining #massagetherapy #occupationaltherapy #manualtherapy #modernmanualtherapy #theeclecticapproach