The best hand held massagers for targeting trigger points and how to use them.
If you are one of the many people who have had at least one massage, you will know how a massage therapist would sometimes focus his or her attention to one particular spot in your body. Sometimes elbows are even used to apply deep pressure on these spots and there might be kneading and rubbing on these areas as well. These spots are called trigger points and they are involuntary tight tender spots in your body, particularly in your contracted muscles. These trigger points will cause pain and discomfort because of decreased circulation in the area as well as spasms, increased muscle contraction, and increased nerve sensitivity.
These trigger points may develop for various reasons such as overuse of a particular muscle, injury, stress, improper or no stretching before an exercise, or accident, among others. The best way to release these trigger points is to apply pressure to the said spot. This will help release the knots and spasms, thereby loosening the contracted muscle. In other words, it is quite easy to treat trigger points but the difficulty lies in the particular location of your trigger points. Unfortunately, it is easy to develop trigger points in hard-to-reach areas and you might think you will need another pair of hands to apply pressure on these areas. However, with the numerous hand held massagers available nowadays, many of them are designed to specifically target trigger points that are difficult to reach.
Below are some of the best hand held massage tools that you can use for targeting trigger points and a quick guide on how to use them.
· Theracane. The Theracane is specifically designed to target trigger points on your body and the best part is it can apply pressure on several trigger points simultaneously. This handy massage tool has numerous knobs that you place over areas of your body where you feel some pain or tightness. You can then apply pressure on these areas by pushing or pulling the Theracane massager. The Body Back Buddy Trigger Point Massager is BodyBack.com’s version of the Theracane and is available in regular size, junior size, and mini.
· DaVinci Tool. Another very simple hand held massager, the DaVinci Tool Trigger Point Occipital Neck Massager will help you target your trigger points while you do almost nothing. Available in firm or soft models, the DaVinci tool relies on your body weight to apply pressure on these trigger points. Simply place the DaVinci tool on a spot or area that you wish to target and then let your body relax onto it so that the pressure comes from you lying down on this massager. Because of its compact size, it is the perfect hand held massager to bring when you are traveling.
