SBR's Guide to Myofascial Release for Posture Problems and Neck/Shoulder/Back Pain
05-12-2017, 07:10 PM
Hey Sam I just got out of my appointment.
- The tool he uses is called a Graston. He told me to check out the website because there are lots of FAQs and techniques that even clinicians can learn from: http://www.grastontechnique.com/home
-He refers to the issue as "myofascitis" which is a good word for more research. He said the worst case he ever saw was a student-athlete Scholarship Pitcher in the NCAA. Big lanky kid who would throw fastballs then attend class or study in the library all hunched over sitting all day. The transition from the forward slumped shoulders to the big extension of pitching was constantly tearing up his shoulder and biceps muscles. The chiropractor said it was like rubbing heavy courdoroy pants in the wrong direction whenever he did Graston technique on him - really loud sounding. But it ended up really helping him from his injuries.
-He said to avoid, you obviously need good posture, and balance out pushing workouts with pulling. Rows, face pulls and even deadlifts help due to the postural gainzzz.
-Stretches: he was more about the mobility work, so he gave me two. One, swing your arm front to back - keep your arm straight in the backswing so you feel a bit of a stretch in the biceps and in the front swing, bring your arm up and over your head as if you were doing the bent arm triceps stretch where your hand touches your shoulder with your elbow pointing to the sky. The second movement is just swinging both arms back and forth where you give yourself a hug in one swing and then backswing both arms like you have wings, then back to the hug with alternate arm on top as the last time. Gets the blood flowing to prevent the strains that cause when you go work out after sitting with shitty posture all day. Hard to explain the stretches without diagrams or video but I don't even know what words to google to find them!
- The tool he uses is called a Graston. He told me to check out the website because there are lots of FAQs and techniques that even clinicians can learn from: http://www.grastontechnique.com/home
-He refers to the issue as "myofascitis" which is a good word for more research. He said the worst case he ever saw was a student-athlete Scholarship Pitcher in the NCAA. Big lanky kid who would throw fastballs then attend class or study in the library all hunched over sitting all day. The transition from the forward slumped shoulders to the big extension of pitching was constantly tearing up his shoulder and biceps muscles. The chiropractor said it was like rubbing heavy courdoroy pants in the wrong direction whenever he did Graston technique on him - really loud sounding. But it ended up really helping him from his injuries.
-He said to avoid, you obviously need good posture, and balance out pushing workouts with pulling. Rows, face pulls and even deadlifts help due to the postural gainzzz.
-Stretches: he was more about the mobility work, so he gave me two. One, swing your arm front to back - keep your arm straight in the backswing so you feel a bit of a stretch in the biceps and in the front swing, bring your arm up and over your head as if you were doing the bent arm triceps stretch where your hand touches your shoulder with your elbow pointing to the sky. The second movement is just swinging both arms back and forth where you give yourself a hug in one swing and then backswing both arms like you have wings, then back to the hug with alternate arm on top as the last time. Gets the blood flowing to prevent the strains that cause when you go work out after sitting with shitty posture all day. Hard to explain the stretches without diagrams or video but I don't even know what words to google to find them!