Myotherapy
What is Myotherapy?
Myotherapy is the evidence based assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of a muscular pain and injury, affecting the mobility, movement and function of a person. Myotherapists work on muscles, tendons, nerves and ligaments through a range of techniques, including:
Cupping:
is a form of soft tissue therapy used where by suctioned cups are placed on tight painful muscles, thus creating a vacuum. This allows for the drawing of new blood into an area and aids in fluid movement throughout the muscle.
Dry Needling:
Involves the insertion of a small sterile filament needle into tight or painful muscles to relieve the symptoms, often activating a localised twitch response (LTR), causing a sudden contraction of muscle fibres in a taut band, resulting in the release of muscle tension and a decrease in muscle pain.
Neuromuscular techniques (NMT):
Specialised manual therapy using either digital pressure or stroking action, NMT can include muscle energy technique (MET), position release technique (PRT), myofascial release technique (MRT) or any combination of these techniques.
Trigger Point Therapy:
Is a form of soft tissue massage therapy where by digital Ischemic pressure (DIP) is placed directly onto a trigger point. This is where thumbs or elbows are used to apply direct pressure to a specific area of muscle, referred to as a trigger point. Pressure is maintained until there is an ischaemic effect, meaning the flow of blood to that trigger point is interrupted, to bring about release in hypertonic muscle and reduce muscular pain.
Rehabilitative exercise:
Exercise when used adjacent with soft tissue treatment, can have a corrective component to support a client’s recovery.