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- Assessment - Use the MuscleMate™ to assess any fascial tightness or trigger point spasming by perceived pain or tissue restriction. By recording changes to specific anatomical locations you can both measure and observe tissue changes before and after treatment. In this way dysfunction can be treated before structural and pathological compensatory changes are made.
- Practioner Care - The MuscleMate™ enhances the depth and effectiveness of massage without causing fatigue to the hands or fingers. This is vital to ensure release of spasm and improve blood supply to the tissues concerned.
- Self Care - The MuscleMate™ can be easily used anywhere, anytime. It makes "difficult to reach places” easy to massage. You can treat yourself just using your body weight.
Your body position
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The Muscle Mate allows you to gauge the level of muscle spasm by simply using your body weight whilst lying, sitting or standing.
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Assessing the muscle
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Gently pressing the Muscle Mate onto a muscle. If this causes pain or the muscle feels stringy or thick this indicates a fatigued muscle. Healthy muscles will be soft and pliable and you should feel no pain.
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Treating fatigued muscles
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The single dome-shaped knob is used for deep pressure and the eight smaller mounds have more superficial effect on the muscle fiber being stretched. The smaller mounds can also be used for concentrated pressure on specific points.
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Hand held technique
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Maintaining gentle pressure, moving in a slow circular motion for approximately four revolutions across the muscle fibers. This creates a pumping action to enhance the blood supply and creates a stretch reflex to the muscle fibers stimulating normal nerve firing.
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Deep massage
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Using the single dome shaped knob.
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Superficial massage
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Use the 8 smaller mounds.
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Body weight techniques....
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Only gentle comfortable sustained pressure should be used for short periods of time, ranging from ten to thirty seconds. During this time the user should be able to comfortably relax each muscle group being assessed. Movements should be slow and controlled with body weight being applied gently.
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The slight pain produced due to the pressure on a spasmed muscle should be tolerated and allow the user not to reactively tense up on the pressure. This pressure has a stretching effect on the muscle fibers which allow the over-firing nerve mechanism to be reduced. As a result the muscle relaxes allowing an improved blood flow to relieve muscle congestion.
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When a taught muscle is detected by a feeling of increased irritation or muscle stiffness, stop all movements and gently sustain from 10 to 30 seconds. Sustained pressure techniques for assessing & treating back pain.
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Pressure points
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By the stimulating pressure points throughout the body, organ functioning, balance of bodily energies and general bodily health and well being is enhanced. Pressure point techniques have been used for centuries to enhance bodily health and well being.
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