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Passive stretch:

  1. Find the barrier

  2. Go just beyond for a good stretch.Hold 20-30 seconds.Rest 20-30 seconds

 

MET’s (muscle energy technique):

  1. Find barrier then back off halfway

  2. Resist (contract) with 20% effort for 20 seconds

  3. Relax, inhale and on exhale, take them to new barrier

  4. Hold stretch for 20 seconds

Passive stretching:

Adductors - supine

Abductors - supine

Piriformis - supine

Psoas – side lying

 

MET’s:

Hams - supine

Gastrocs - supine

Quads - prone

Pecs - supine

Ant. Cervical – supine (ask client to lift their head for 5 seconds) (ask client to depress breast tissue)

Post. Cervical – supine  (put ear to shoulder and rotate head 45 degrees)  

Upper traps – supine (push down on shoulders)

QL – side lying

Lats – side lying

trP:

  1. Locate the spot

  2. Hold static compression.‘6’ for 8 seconds “on”.2 seconds “off”.

  3. Up to 2 minutes or 50% better

teP:

  1. Locate the teP

  2. Hold at ‘6’ with static compression

  3. Passively shorten the muscle for ‘0,1-2’

  4. Hold up to 90 seconds

  5. Slowly replace and recheck

Fascial bonding, adhesions

Trigger point

-hypertonicity

 

Pain spasm

-ischemia = lack of blood supply

-hypoxia = lack of oxygen

-cell necrosis = cells die

Sports Massage Therapy:

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Pre-event:

  1. Rock and jostle

  2. Compressions

  3. Lifting petrissage

  4. ROM

  5. Tapotement

 

Short in duration  - 10 minutes

Fastest pace

Invigorating (as opposed to relaxing)

No heat, ice or stretching

 

Post-event:

  1. Rock and jostle

  2. Compressions

  3. Lifted petrissage

  4. Passive stretch

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10-15 minutes

Relaxing, feeling good

No heat

No MET’s

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PMA:

Rectus Femoris

Psoas

Pectoralis Major

Latissimus Dorsi

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BMT:

Psoas

Ilium

QL

Glutes

TFL

ITBand

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Special Tests:

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Rotator Cuff Muscles (Drop the arm, empty the can)

Adson's Test (impingement of the nerve due to the scalene - thoracic outlet syndrome)

Wright's Test (impingement of the nerve due to the pectoralis minor)

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List of STRETCHES:

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- core strength - https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYD-DjgU2c/

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- stiff back - https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVjm7pA3aa/

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- low back stretch - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw211ZEAqvA/

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- front and back of knee - https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSyueZAQSZ/

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- hip flexion - https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTVwOxAInV/

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- hip mobility - https://www.instagram.com/p/BpDhNwEAiGh/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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- hip internal rotation - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw5nHOKglnQ/

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- wrist pain relief - https://www.instagram.com/p/BodXH8uAQhM/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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- the hand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fx54W0-yZs

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- shoulder and midback stretch - https://www.instagram.com/p/Boh4pjNAB-S/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LURrygBvvuo

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-  glute and pec- https://www.instagram.com/p/BoVm1YsA-K-/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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- spine mobility flow and hip flexor - https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAjXwGAZ6L/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden 

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- thoracic spine mobility - https://www.instagram.com/p/BetrANYFQXt/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden 

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- sciatic nerve relief - https://www.instagram.com/p/BncNRMIlA7Q/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden 

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- heel pain - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwf4H5kgKvK/

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- hip flexor - https://www.instagram.com/p/BnUWMKAFLMw/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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- QL release - https://www.instagram.com/p/BnUWMKAFLMw/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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- infraspinatus - https://www.instagram.com/p/BnHvuISlrVA/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden 

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- ankle, hamstrings, neck roll - https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCpzEylH1D/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden 

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-  forearms - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm7AN0WFUYh/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-   hip flexors and hamstring - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bkd3sbBl7Xo/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-  lat and glute stretch - https://www.instagram.com/p/BjD9zNvFxhn/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-  pecs - https://www.instagram.com/p/BkGkq1-ll6R/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-   morning stretch routine - https://www.instagram.com/p/BjydXWUFFgv/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-  nightly stretch routine - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjv8yxJFuMe/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-   levator scapulae - https://www.instagram.com/p/BjbDgN8Fapv/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_7ASWobYeQ

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-   thoracic spine extension - https://www.instagram.com/p/BifypkUlYQh/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-   midback stretch - https://www.instagram.com/p/BghixIJFU9U/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-   scm, scalene, lat stretch - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb5iuqbF2ja/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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-  neck and trap tension - https://www.instagram.com/p/Baega42ly6h/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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- rectus femoris - https://www.instagram.com/p/BaC5PUjFkaZ/?hl=en&taken-by=dr.jacob.harden

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- tennis elbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7h90B1J8bc

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Stone Massage Techniques with Pat Mayrhofer: Arm Routine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKDzSY8qcs

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chair massage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlTebxMkII


sciatica stretches -  https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp0eHHNg_6a/ 


tight pecs and latissimus dorsi - https://www.instagram.com/p/BpvSbr-Aqg9/ 

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Bamboo massage:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HepD-VWH3HQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKJSzX9cfoE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nrZJsHKCHk

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOcqjZcARFs

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRDQs-GBfY

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Bj7IwHAJ4

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eklFOOhlkkY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ1qF_4DhAk

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