Miscellaneous
If you have ever been to a chiropractor, physiotherapist, or massage therapist, you will likely have experienced them finding a muscle “knot”, pressing on it, and you’ve had pain. That muscle knot is actually referred to as a trigger point. Everyone has trigger points. Like literally everyone. You may not have one right now, but I can GUARANTEE you have had them in the past, and that you will have one again. Trigger points come in two different types: active points and latent points, the only real difference being is that the active points are sore all the time (or most of the time), and the latent points are tender only to the touch. Now everyone has a bit of a different approach to treating trigger points, and I can only speak of my own, but my approach looks a little something like this: Lots of soft tissue work Acupuncture Adjustments Exercise homework I also promised a little photo of that levator scapula stretch, because I know it can be hard to visualize while simply listening to a podcast. To stretch out your right levator scapula, you are going to sit on your left hand to keep your shoulder down. Then you are going to grab your head right behind your right ear and pull down, trying to smell your left armpit. Hold this for a few seconds and then come back up to the starting position.