Deep tissue massage

[Guest guest]

Mike,

> Do any of you have any information on deep tissue massage?

What do you want to accomplish?

The term " deep tissue massage " is really quite generic, you really

need to be more specific. Are you talking about some form of " sports

massage " , " theraputic massage " , Rolfing, or is it just a term you've

seen in print?

Any skilled theraputic massage practitioner will be able to work at

several layers of muscle structure.

S. should be a good source of information.

Ken Largent, CSCS

Bend, Oregon

[Guest guest]

> The term " deep tissue massage " is really quite generic, you really

> need to be more specific. Are you talking about some form of " sports

> massage " , " theraputic massage " , Rolfing, or is it just a term you've

> seen in print?

I agree. The term gets confused with myofacial release, AMT (Advanced

Manual Therapy by the Stanford Myofacial Institute in Palo Alto), and ART

(Active Release Techniques).

You can research each one individually by searching the web. It's all a

matter of preference.

Jimson Lee

Palo Alto, CA

[Guest guest]

My PT showed me how to do shallow-to-deep tissue massage around the knee by

using a pencil eraser and massage cream. It's great! You can go really deep in

small places that fingers can't get. I discovered some months ago that my VL &

possibly my IT band are a lot tighter on my bad leg than on the other one.

Began to do quad stretches (never had done them before because they hurt my CP),

and for the bad leg, after stretching the quads with my body not turned, I

turned it to the left (it's R knee that's bad) & got an even better stretch of

those tissues. Told my PT about it and she showed me the pencil eraser massage.

(Use a new pencil.) Don't do it too hard -- it'll cause bruising & possibly

more contraction in response. I've found that all the proximal lateral tissues

around the kneecap want to be massaged, as well as the VL and maybe front edge

of the IT band up to about 4 " from the kneecap. And my PT pointed out a couple

of places that feel like string has been implanted -- scar tissue, probably from

my 1995 lateral release (where he cut part of the VL). My kneecap is nicely

loose when it's relaxed, but the scar tissue may be pulling it laterally. My PT

also thinks that my R femur is rotated inward, which would push the femoral

condyle into the patella (as opposed to my patella being subluxed, pushing into

the femur).

Just thought I'd throw those discoveries out for you guys, might help someone.

Ann