Massage Myotherapy is an advanced form of remedial massage, also known as sports massage or medical massage. During myotherapy, a therapist uses trigger point release and a variety of other techniques to relieve muscle and myofascial pain.
Trigger points are sensitive areas of tight muscle fibers that form in your muscles, typically from overuse or injury. To relieve tension in these areas, a myotherapist employs special massage techniques using their hands, fingers, elbows, or knuckles.
Myotherapy is the skillful use of the hands and other therapeutic techniques including deep soft tissue massage, trigger point deactivation, myofascial release, dry needling and corrective exercises to enhance muscle activity and to heal injury.
Have you ever wondered when you should see a myotherapist? This is a question we answer all the time. So, we thought we’d share the top 5 reasons why clients come to us, as well as how we can help …