Pressure Point Therapy

Best Trigger Point Massagers for Trigger Point Release [EXPLAINED]

Real Myofascial Release

Fascia, or connective tissue, in the body response best to GENTLE, SUSTAINED PRESSURE. In this case the connective tissue start to soften, lengthen and "melt".

• SUSTAINED - 3-5 minutes of pressure in the area of restriction. May be even 10 minutes.
• GENTLE PRESSURE.
• BREATHING. Make soft, deep, long inhalation and long exhalation to make your autonomous nervous system elicit a parasympathetic response, which is opposite of "fight-or-flight", or stress response.

Anything less than 3 minutes just gives a quick stretch in the elastic component of the tissue and it's not long enough for the collagenous part of the tissue to soften. After a quick stretch the tissues just spring back in tightness, and symptoms come back in a while.

Anything forceful and agressive is perceived as a "threat" by an autonomous nervous system. It elicits a protective responce which is experienced in "tightening" and "hold".