Fit For Life, Fit For Sport
Fit For Life, Fit For Sport
This is a form of manual therapy and is one of the techniques we use at PhysioWorks to help release tightness and restriction in your muscles and soft tissues. It is also a great technique to help your muscles relax and improve range of movement.
Initially your Physiotherapist will assess and identify the problem area.
With this technique the Physiotherapist will get you to work with them. The therapist will take the area of the body that is tight or restricted into a stretches position-a good example of this would be your hamstrings. You then contract the tight muscle against a counterforce applied by the Physiotherapist. This is called an “isometric” contraction.
There is no movement of the joints or muscles during this counterforce- this is called an isometric contraction of the muscle and the whole process is very controlled helping to relax and lengthen tight muscles.
The theory here is, when a muscle contracts strongly it will relax strongly so gaining more release and length in that particular muscle. This isometric contraction is held for 10-20 seconds followed by a controlled release. This can then be repeated a few times moving into range as the muscle relaxes.
This is a form of manual therapy and is one of the techniques we use at PhysioWorks to help release tightness and restriction in your muscles and soft tissues. It is also a great technique to help your muscles relax and improve range of movement.
Initially your Physiotherapist will assess and identify the problem area.
With this technique the Physiotherapist will get you to work with them. The therapist will take the area of the body that is tight or restricted into a stretches position-a good example of this would be your hamstrings. You then contract the tight muscle against a counterforce applied by the Physiotherapist. This is called an “isometric” contraction.
There is no movement of the joints or muscles during this counterforce- this is called an isometric contraction of the muscle and the whole process is very controlled helping to relax and lengthen tight muscles.
The theory here is, when a muscle contracts strongly it will relax strongly so gaining more release and length in that particular muscle. This isometric contraction is held for 10-20 seconds followed by a controlled release. This can then be repeated a few times moving into range as the muscle relaxes.