Hmm... I really think we may have just had different cases with our injuries. My Doctor is one of the best in the city. He's the team physician/surgeon for...
Hi All: Has anyone every tried the Gazelle Cross Training maching? I had read on another on-line discussion about this machine. It looks as though it might...
... Yes, but not by a professional masseuse. Typically, in my experience, as soon as a trigger point is released it feels normal and is not painful or sore at...
Yes, I bought a Gazelle. It is definitely a way to get aerobic w/o bending your knees. For me, a godsend (I have chondromalacia). Expensive, but worth it....
Hi Sarah, I was in walmart, and they had some in the store. I don't remember which version it was, but at least it might save you on shipping. Call your local...
I have these horrible trigger pts in my back. I find that I tend to dig too hard at them (using a tennis ball) & then they're bruised the next day and that...
I try myself to work on my trigger points. However just above my knee toward the outside of my knee. I have probably a cluster of trigger points. I've ben...
Do they radiate "pain" elsewhere? It's not really pain, but an intense feeling. Trigger points don't always radiate pain. Can you describe the pain in the...
HI Ann, Comment about tiny fingers, well it should have been qualified by, really good at massaging. She could tell what was going on. Unfortunately she...
... When you say that you're not sucessful, do you mean that you're not able to release them at all or that you can release them bu tthey come back? I'm not...
Brian, It's been a few days now, do you still like the pattstrap? Would you suggest others order it as well? I am very happy with my http://www.pattstrap.com ...
Wasn't able to release them. Its like a little row of bumps in the ITband, and more in the quad area. Its like a little festival on the outside of the knee....
Here's a good site on trigger points: http://www.triggerpointbook.com/triggerp.htm . Sarcomeres, the smallest contractile muscle tissue, become permanently...
Ann & Connie: Thanks for your feedback about both the Gazelle and the trigger point stuff. I am getting really terrified because I am starting to have ...
Have any of you experienced a tight groin muscle (in hip flexor area) that has contributed to ITBS?? My groin muscle is contantly tight. Even when I am...
I always had tight hip flexors, the worse on my ITBS side. Has to do with compensating for the sore knee & also the foot strike, not using a complete stride &...
You may have been favoring the bad leg & putting more demand on the other leg, and now with the aerobics, it's suddenly too much for the other leg. Since it's...
I used to have very tight, painful something (that big tendon that goes from the inner thigh into the groin). My PT at that time had me do this exercise: ...
Chris, I've got tight hip flexors, and the right is worse than the left. The right is where i have the hip pain occuring, and more issues with my foot...
Chris: In fact when I went to have the myofacial release done last Friday, the therapist used trigger point therapy on the hip flexor. He explained to me that...
I can actually feel knots in that groin muscle from it being so tight. And when i try to stretch it out i can feel the stretch all the way down my leg and...
I had the massage therapists at my PT work on the hip flexor starting in the abdomen area, soaz (spelling?) and working down to loosen the hip flexor. That...
Is there any way to massage this area (psoas muscle) yourself?? I have a hard time doing it with the foam roller. Once you were able to get rid of the...
I would see if you find a picture of where the muscle begins, but as a basic starting point, start poking around by your pelvis bone...when you hit the hip...
I've heard that something like a softball works if you use it carefully. ... all ... tells ... I ... this ... had ... Tilt ... Has ... flexor ... even ... to ...
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Ann / Scott - Thank you both for your advice. I've decided to give up the short runs and just rest completely. Hopefully the strengthening exercises and...
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