 Your muscles are made up of many small, thin fibers that contract on command, working together to mobilize your muscle groups. These muscles are attached to your bones by connective tissues, called tendons, enabling them to move your body parts. Your bones are then connected by tough bands of connective tissue, called ligaments, for added stability. Your ligaments are covered by yet another connective tissue called fascia. All of these connective tissues can be referred to as “soft tissues.”
Soft tissues help to mobilize your joints and give your body the strength it needs to perform tasks. Your soft tissues provide you with the ability to do many things; however, they also limit you from pushing yourself too far – even if that’s your intention. These can be damaged by certain stresses, especially those caused by repeated actions within athletic activity. The muscle therapy that Lucy and I use at Hybrid Health Performance utilizes many different tools that can help to loosen up your muscles, and may even prevent future injuries from occurring. If you are dealing with tight muscles that are nagging and causing pain to linger, then make an appointment with us. We specialize in advanced soft tissue therapy that is highly focused on your problematic area. Schedule an appointment today at www.performancehybridhealth.com. Here is to happy muscles, Vice
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 Tendons are springy bands of tissue that attach muscles to bones. A common injury called Tendonitis is the result of microscopic tears to the tendon or tendon sheath. This is usually caused by overuse or repetitive motion.
One technique that we do here at Hybrid Health Performance for tendonitis is called cross fiber friction. Lucy and I will use back and forth strokes using medium to deep pressure to a tendon perpendicular to the muscle fiber direction. This speeds up the tendon’s healing process by increasing the production of collagen. Afterwards, we will then also loosen the muscles surrounding the tendon to take pressure off of it and give it space to heal. To do that, we will use a variety of techniques and tools designed to loosen up muscles and the surrounding soft tissues. If you are dealing with tendonitis symptoms, don’t wait! Schedule your appointment today at www.performancehybridhealth.com. Looking forward to working with you, Vice  "Oh, that's the spot, Vice!"
Clients are frequently astonished that I can find, just by feeling, the painful area. Trigger points are extremely sensitive spots in muscle bands that trigger painful responses and are identified by heightened pain in the client and an apparent hardness to the therapist. Trigger points are not just tender nodules, but they affect the surrounding muscle and tissues. A type of soft tissue therapy, trigger point therapy, first originated by Dr. Janet Travell who treated President John F. Kennedy for his back pain, is based on the theory that pain in one part of the body can in fact be brought about by an injury or dysfunction somewhere else. Trigger points are spots of tenderness in a muscle. Trigger point therapy incorporates applied pressure to these sore, tender areas in order to alleviate their pain and dysfunction as well as pain in other parts of the body. Theoretically, active trigger points cause muscle pain which passes pain and tenderness to other parts of the body when pressed. Latent trigger points are those that don't have pain unless pressed, but they are presumed to bring about joint stiffness and reduced ranges of motion as we age. At Hybrid Health Performance, we utilize a variety of tools to release trigger points and loosen up the surrounding muscles. We perform highly detailed soft tissue therapy to the problematic and compensatory area of the body to get the results that we do. Schedule your appointment Lucy and I today at www.performancehybridhealth.com. Looking forward to serving you, Vice  Everyone has muscles and joints, regardless of age. So yes, I will deliver the same unique muscle therapy to older folks! The pressure may change, but I will still use all the tools! It is important to keep the body moving at all stages of life.
In fact, my older clients like me because I do not baby them like other therapists do. Every single one of the older clients say that when they have gone elsewhere for muscle therapy, they are always scared that they will hurt them. So they do light massage, a heat pack, etc. They appreciate that fact I don’t treat them like a delicate flower. The value that I treat them like everyone else and I am just doing what I can to help them remain active by loosening up their tight muscles. Being grateful, Vice www.performancehybridhealth.com  The weekend arrives and you get out and shake off the work week with your favorite activity such as cycling, running, golf or tennis. You figure exercise can only be good for you and you can never have too much of a good thing, but can you overdo it when you cram all your exercise into the weekend?
People who do minimal physical activity during the week and then engage in a burst of highly strenuous activity on weekends are commonly referred to as weekend warriors. Trying to make up for 5 days of inactivity, weekend warriors can risk pushing themselves to the point of injury. Ankle, shoulder and hamstring injuries are the most common weekend warrior issues we deal with at Hybrid Health Performance. Detailed muscle therapy can help enhance the flexibility and balance of joints and muscles in the body which can help reduce injury. Regular muscle therapy sessions with Lucy and I can also immediately improve hamstring flexibility, helpful for reducing the heel pain from plantar fasciitis, and help increase shoulder range of motion. Do your body a favor and schedule an appointment today at www.performancehybridhealth.com. Cheers to the weekend, Vice  Each year, surgeons perform hundreds of thousands of hip replacements, and the most common reason is osteoarthritis of the hip. This condition isn’t caused by an underlying disease, rather it’s due to wear and tear of the hip joint from everyday activities over time. Not only can osteoarthritis of the hip be painful, but it can reduce the range of motion of the joint, making it difficult to move around.
Most people want to avoid or delay surgery as much as possible, which drives many to seek other non-invasive alternatives. The question is: what can Lucy or I do to manage osteoarthritis of the hip as muscle therapists? When managing a client with hip pain, we at Hybrid Health Performance will often use a combination of several approaches to achieve the best possible outcomes with respect to pain and function. This includes manual and instrument muscle therapies, specific corrective movement exercises, nutritional recommendations, and more. If you, or someone you know, are dealing with hip pain and want to see if HHP muscle therapy can help you, then schedule an appointment at www.performancehybridhealth.com. Looking forward to serving you, Vice  Ironman triathlete and marathon runner came in to see me complaining about left hip and left lower back pain.
As you can see in the BEFORE picture, he has a functional short leg. This happens when the left glutes, QL and lumbar paraspinal muscles become overworked which leads to tightness. As the muscles shorten, in effort to protect themselves, the left leg pulls up. So with a short left leg and an unleveled pelvis, it is any wonder why he would be having pain on his left side while running? Now look at the AFTER picture. I performed detailed compression and vibrational muscle therapy causing the muscles to loosen up which allowed the left leg to drop into normal position and the pelvis became leveled once again. If you are experiencing any nagging or subtle discomfort in your life, address it now! Don’t wait! Otherwise you turn that little molehill into a giant mountain! Schedule your appointment today at www.performancehybridhealth.com. Looking forward to serving you, Vice
Shoulder pain can affect the range of motion, restrict normal activities, interrupt sleep and impact overall quality of life. The unique style of muscle therapy offered at Hybrid Health Performance can be an effective pain reliever.
The shoulder is used so frequently, it is subject to repetitive motion injuries. A number of conditions can cause shoulder pain, including: bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis, rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder and impingement. Although it cannot cure the conditions mentioned above, muscle therapy can often help as a pain reliever for shoulder pain. It can relieve muscle strain, stress, and joint pressure, and can reduce nerve compression, which in turn reduces the spasms and contractions that cause pain. We all know a shoulder rub from your partner, friend or family member may feel good, but if you truly want a better chance at relieving shoulder discomfort, then message Lucy or I with questions. Looking forward to serving you! Vice www.performancehybridhealth.com |
AuthorVice Lujan is a muscle and movement specialist in Bakersfield, CA. Vice specializes in reestablishing normal, pain-free range of motion of the body. Archives
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