Improve Your Golf
Swing with EndermoSport
Endermo Sport, also
called Endermotherapy
is a soft tissue mobilization treatment offered
at our center that is helpful in softening
scar tissue and stretching contracted fibers
resulting in an immediate increase in range
of motion. It is done using a tecnologically
advanced machine called the LPG
Keymodule.
Many sports activities involve a precise
movement where groups of muscles contract
synergistically to produce a desired effect.
A baseball pitch, tennis serve, martial arts
roundhouse kick, and sprinting are examples.
But perhaps the best example is the golf swing.
A golf swing (driving) requires strength,
coordination, muscle and soft tissue flexibility,
and optimum joint movement in the spine, shoulders,
hips, knees and even ankles. Any deficiency
in one or several of these factors will result
in a poor golf swing and poor results (inaccuracy,
lack of good distance).
Some golfers have problems with their swing
due to "muscle tightness" in the
back and shoulders. The shortented muscle
fibers do not permit full rotation, and consequently
a full, clean swing is difficult to perform.
One of the things that can cause this is
scar tissue build-up in the primary muscles
used in a golf swing:
- trapezius
- rhomboids (connects shoulder blade to
spine)
- triceps
- latissimus dorsi
- quadratus lumborum
- erector spinae group
To
Schedule an Appointment or Consultation,
Call (415) 627-9077 or Click Here.
Scar tissue is a matrix
of collagen fibers that the body forms in
response to soft tissue injury, repetitive
use microtears, weightlifting, and surgery.
So if you've ever been in a car accident (whiplash),
lifted weights regularly, or did heavy labor
jobs over a period of time, chances are you
have developed scar tissue in one or several
of these muscle groups. In some cases it can
be palpated (felt) through the skin, feeling
like small, hard pebbles.
COMMON AREAS
OF SCAR TISSUE BUILD UP
Although scar tissue helps to repair injured
muscles, it can present its own set of problems.
For one, scar tissue does not have contractile
properties like muscle fibers. It is not as
elastic (stretchable) as a healthy ligament
or tendon. And scar tissue fibers are not
organized in one direction, such as those
found in muscle, ligament, tendon and cartilage.
Because of these factors, scar tissue represents
a "weak spot" that is usually the
first to rupture under a load; scar tissue
tends to cause "stickiness" between
moving structures (adhesions) causing pain
and loss of flexibility; and scar tissue,
due to its density may cause regenerated nerve
endings to bunch up, forming myofascial
trigger points.
How EndermoSport™
Reduces Scar Tissue and and Increases Your
Driving Distance
With its combination of powerful vacuum suction
and variable speed and direction rollers,
the CelluM6 mobilizes contracted, reparative
tissue, making it more flexible and functional.
After a series of 6-8 EndermoSport treatments
targeted to specific muscles, scar tissue
fibers soften and realign in the direction
of healthy muscle fibers, increasing muscle
elongation and body gross movement range of
motion.
Patients wear a nylon suit specially designed
for endermotherapy treatment.
The suit allows the treatment head to engage
the skin without causing chafing. The
sensation feels like a negative-pressure
massage, applied in a wave-like pattern
and is quite relaxing. Sessions are
20-40 minutes, depending on the areas treated.
See the video of an Endermotherapy treatment
below:
EndermoSport is also great for athletes desiring
faster recovery times from delayed onset muscle
soreness (DOMS), people who suffer from leg
cramps, shin
splints and muscle spasms.
In addition, we offer Active
Release Technique, a soft tissue therapy
that restores motion of muscles and joints,
releases entrapped nerves, vasculature and
lymphatics, and re-establishes optimal texture,
resilience and function of soft tissues.
Phototherapy and InterX
Active Stim are advanced physiotherapy
modalities available at our clinic that can
help reduce the pain associated with scar
tissue and myofascial trigger points.
To
Schedule an Appointment or Consultation,
Call (415) 627-9077 or Click Here.
scar
tissue - sports injuries - leg cramps- tennis
elbow - golf swing performance - muscle spasm
treatment - sports massage - athlete massage
- iliotibial band syndrome
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