Massage techniques for the serratus posterior superior and inferior muscles?
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You are good, really good, if you can identify specifically these muscles during a massage.  My hat is off to you!  Simple goading (finger compression), especially if you can identify a trigger point in one of these muscles, can be very helpful.  A 'stripping' type of massage in the direction of the muscles fibers may also be productive.\n\nBest wishes.
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proper posture while on the computer, along with ergonomically correct equipment, and stretching every 10 or so minutes. assuming the pain has already occured, try resting (sometimes thats enough to lessen it), massage, or a hot compress.
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Use a mixture of essential oils of peppermint, helichrysum, clove, wintergreen, lavader, and euclyptus. These all have pain numbing effects that can be used in long timeframes without any negative side effects. Additionally if you have bad muscle tension this will helpwith that too, this mixture doesn't only numb pain but it helps achieve a balnce in your muscular system so you heal up whats causeing the pain. Also if youend up being sensitive to the oil mixture wash it off with olive or almond oil, DO NOT USE WATER!!! Water pushes the oil further into the skin where as the vegetable oils will dilute them. Its rare to have reactions, but if you do use less of the oil or dilute it before application with either of the before mentioned vegetable oils. Hope this works for oyu.
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I would use a heating pad and massage. You can avoid this by warming up before stretching or exercising. Drink a lot of water.
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well i have more questions than answers so i'll get those out of the way first.  1. why has your trap been doing all the work  2. there's no way it could justttt be your supraspinatus that's weak or irritated or overworked like your trap. how is your infraspinatus? how is your neck? how are the scm, scalenes,etc? your supraspinatus being weak would affect your shoulder and vice versa, but you don't say which came first, or when. when was your surgery?\n\nokay. i asked all that because i don't care for bloggs, but i might go to yours, maybe. \nyou need to get your trapezius muscle to relax and "cease and desist"  it's been on overload for too long and is in that cycle.  A good massage therapist who is good with chronic pain and soft tissue injury work, neuromuscular therapy (trigger points are just a part of the work, but a huge part if done correctly. not every knot is a trigger gggrrrrrrrr point).  Ask the therapist how they would work on the trap, would they unravel, would they spress? would they pinch whole and then unravel--which can make you see crosseyed if it's a major trigger point, the pain shoots through eyeballs and jaw, depending on the trp. ask if they work the scalenes, then kindly ask where the scalenes are exactly and know, yourself, ahead of time that there are three parts, one attaches to the first rib,andthey attach directly on neck vertabrae, scm stands for Sterno Cleido Mastoid (all one word, no capitals--it's really just all the attachment point names). it's the muscle that if you make a grimace in the mirror stand out on both sides from behnd your ears to your inner end clavicle. it's got two heads. if you're going to have your traps workd, then you have to have your infraspinatus, lats, and multifidi (little muscles, close to the spine that cross other little muscles aaaaaand blah.) make sure you get the occipitals and ghost muscles worked --the traps, as you know, connect like a stingray's body, every where from shoulder blade ends, top o' the neck at the occiput, and then tapers down to t12 ish. superficial muscle but important. so have it well worked, then get to the supraspinatus and do some gentle massage, see how it stands and do whatever it is you do toget it strong and a working part of the system again. \nit just sounds like it's been a long time since it worked so a lot of muscles would be involved and probably some structural issues,  a DC or osteo could help. \nadios and good luck to you. it sounds like it's been painful, and this will help you get relief.
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Massage is good for relieving stress if you find the right kind of you. \nOne of the most popular massages is Swedish massage. Light to medium pressure is applied with long, soothing strokes. Sometimes stress can cause muscle pain. Deep tissue massage can be tailored to the person's need. Aromatherapy massage makes use of the therapeutic effect of essential oil combined with a relaxing massage. Warm stone massage has become very popular in the past few years. Reflexology is a special form of foot massage.\nIt may take a few trials to find the right kind of massage for you. Once you find it, it can help maintain good physical health and stress reduction.
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A massage.  I too sleep on my stomach and carry a lot of tension in my shoulders.  It is why I am up late tonight, woke up with a neck ache.  What I do if a good massage is not available is head down to the mall and sit in one of the chairs that give you a massage.  They are to die for girl.  :)
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Yes!! many!!..it increases blood circulation giving more oxygen to the muscles, helps muscles before and after sports so that they are prepared and properly stretched to help avoid injury, eases tension in high stress areas (neck, lower back, feet) aids in digestion, joint mobility can be increased, helps relieve muscle spasms...can be stimulating or sedative...there are contraindications to giving/receiving a massage so ask your massage therapist!!....be well Duch
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Massage and yoga. Both are extremely effective. I have friends that have tried and they had scoliosis before. It is perfect now. Perfect back. I STRONGLY recommend it
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Touch is very powerful.\n\nMassage therapy can help alleviate symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease.  Your massage therapist will apply specific techniques to decrease any progressed flexed posture and aid in thoracic expansion and mobility to help improve breathing.\n\nMassage Therapy can also assist in the short-term by:\n- decreasing sympathetic nervous system firing\n- maintaining tissue and joint health\n- improving circulation\n- reducing contractures\n- decreasing pain\n- reducing rigidity and tremors\n\nI would encourage you to seek a registered massage therapist well-versed in nervous system disorders.
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What you should do for immediate pain relief is alternate warm/moist heat and cold. Get a wash cloth and get it wet. Put in the micro for about 20 seconds (depending on strength of micro). Put it on the part of your arm that hurts. leave it for about 10 minutes and then alternate with an ice pack. Be careful not to let the ice pack touch your arm directly. Place a towel underneath. Keep that there for about 15 minutes. ALternate that for about an hour. It maybe that you are out of shape and strained the muscle a bit. You might also want to ask your coach about stretches you can do before and after practice to help maek sure this doesn't happen again.
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You are looking for "Tens Unit"? this is used in Physical Therapy offices for pain or muscle spams, to decrease them.\nFor that you will need a prescription from a Dr. not a Physical Therapist, PT.\nWhy not try a Massage Therapist?
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Masseuse. Deep tissue massage.
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Swedish massage is one of the more relaxing types.  Shiatsu is more Asian and it has to do with certain points or tsubos of the body.  Deep tissue is only working further into the tissue and I would more than likely recommend this to only experienced people in massage or athletes because it releases more of the body's toxins.  Thirty minutes is more than enough time to get a massage, however, an hour is the time that is most requested.\nBy the way, licensed massage therapists are NOT allowed to "suck you off", and in fact, that is why we are no longer called "Masseuses or Masseurs" and we have an established licensing and certification program.  It is 500 hours in an approved massage school in Arkansas, with most of those hours dedicated to learning anatomy, physiology, and technique.
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I would gently warm the TMJ (joint) area with circular strokes then search for trigger points in the muscles around the jaw. Easing these trigger points could be a beneficial massage treatment for the disorder.
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well best part to massage are\n- soles of the feet, during prone position\n- shoulders when sitting\n- back when prone\n- head when suspensded by your other hand and your body.\n- butt when in prone
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- remedial massage\n - heat treatment\n - physiotherapy ?