Trigger Point Therapy
Years of heavy unbalanced lifting can incur nagging injuries and joint pain. One thing I’ve found that really helps is trigger point therapy (TPT). TPT is essentially the gentle massaging out of tiny little knots in muscle fibers on various points of your body. A lot of people use foam rollers in their warmups and cool downs to conduct self-myofascial release and massage out adhesions and scar tissue within their muscles.
TPT, however, makes use of a tennis ball or lacrosse ball (I use a tennis ball) to allow you to conduct TPT on yourself. Although I like foam rollers, I prefer to use a tennis ball for self-massage, since your massaging is a lot more focused. With a tennis ball and a wall, you can massage out various trigger points on your back.
Of course, there is more to it than this. The expert on trigger point therapy is a guy named Clair Davies, who’s written a couple of books on the topic, which I highly recommend:
"The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook"
"The Frozen Shoulder Workbook: Trigger Point Therapy for Overcoming Pain & Regaining Range of Motion"
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