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about Therapies and Treatments for Back & Joint Pain
On this site you can find comprehensive descriptions
about many of the natural therapies and traditional treatments
available in the US. Reading about these is the first learning
phase for you, then contacting a practitioner will guide you
toward the healing experience.
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April 19th, 2007
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Myotherapy is a method for relieving pain based on the application
of pressure at trigger points throughout the body. Trigger points
are defined as hypersensitive locations in the muscles that cause
pain in response to undue stress. They may be caused by occupational
or other injuries as well as by disease, physical or emotional stress.
Trigger points rarely occur in the same location where the pain is
felt.
Myotherapy is founded on the notion that relief of tension in the
muscle followed by revitalization of the relieved muscle through stretching,
promotes healing and reduces the inclination of the muscle and the
nerve to cause further pain.
Myotherapy is effective for several musculoskeletal disorders such
as tendonitis, sciatica, back and neck pain, headaches, injuries caused
by trauma, and much more. Myotherapy is also an excellent pain management
system that helps targeted health problems like chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia,
arthritis, and even scoliosis.
In the 1970’s Bonnie Prudden, an American health and fitness
practitioner, developed a unique form of physical therapy, which was
based on the work of Travell and Simons. Dr Desmond Tivy was involved
with Prudden’s work from its inception and it was he who coined
the term “Myotherapy” to describe this type of therapy.
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