Massage sticks & foam rollers, trigger points
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:06 am
yawny, I want to cry when I use the foam roller. It seems, at first, that I simply cannot. But, it does start to hurt less when doing it and continues to loosen up througout the day. In a few days, it is so much better that I often am sure I do not need to do it anymore, only to stop for a few days and not be able to get out of bed again. Oh - I use a pressure point massager by Gaiam that I like more than the foal roller - here is a link to it at Amazon. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1
I use the foam roller on my calves, ankles, and knees when in bed in the morning. Then I do a set of stretches. Finally, I get up, make coffee, and use the pressure point massager. I honestly have to MAKE myself do it because it hurts so much. But, it helps. A lot. That is me - I have so many issues that are related to tight muscles, fascia, and tendons. I started with snapping hip about 25 years ago. Then the plantar fasciitis. Then I had lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) simply from trying on bras at a store. I have had patellar tendonitis in one knee for about 15 years, and now have it in the other knee as well. I started getting painful trigger points in muscles at least 25 years ago. Took me about 15 years to figure that out.
I have never found any link to any of these. Not sure I could get out of bed without tools, foam rollers, and the like.
Oh - I think I would get a fibro diagnosis, too. Wish I knew your neuro!
I use the foam roller on my calves, ankles, and knees when in bed in the morning. Then I do a set of stretches. Finally, I get up, make coffee, and use the pressure point massager. I honestly have to MAKE myself do it because it hurts so much. But, it helps. A lot. That is me - I have so many issues that are related to tight muscles, fascia, and tendons. I started with snapping hip about 25 years ago. Then the plantar fasciitis. Then I had lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) simply from trying on bras at a store. I have had patellar tendonitis in one knee for about 15 years, and now have it in the other knee as well. I started getting painful trigger points in muscles at least 25 years ago. Took me about 15 years to figure that out.
I have never found any link to any of these. Not sure I could get out of bed without tools, foam rollers, and the like.
Oh - I think I would get a fibro diagnosis, too. Wish I knew your neuro!