Good Morning!
After my last heavy weights session in the Gym, I realised I may have overdone it with lifting over my head. I have held tension in my upper traps and across my scapula for some time, but having seen a FANTASTIC Osteopath - Jason Harmer (look no further if you need one), I got a bit cocky and reckless!
Anyway, I can fix it - it just takes time and of course a bit of pain (nothing I can't handle you understand... ;) SO! This post is to introduce you to the importance of taking care of yourself between workouts! You can't continue with your regime if you have tightness restricting functional movement or you may cause yourself a mischief. Now! I have 3 regular friends to help me out in these situations:
1) Mr Foam Roller
2) Miss Tennis Ball
3) Lord Cricket Ball
They all hurt but it's a great DIY deep tissue massage (the main problem is getting round the idea of inflicting the pain on yourself - somehow it doesn't seem right!). So here I am, inflicting pain on myself:
I'm against a wall, applying pressure to an affected area through leaning into a tennis ball. Simple!... ouch. For me, this has to be done on my calf muscles, shoulders, back, chest, thighs.... Back soon with news of my progress...
After my last heavy weights session in the Gym, I realised I may have overdone it with lifting over my head. I have held tension in my upper traps and across my scapula for some time, but having seen a FANTASTIC Osteopath - Jason Harmer (look no further if you need one), I got a bit cocky and reckless!
Anyway, I can fix it - it just takes time and of course a bit of pain (nothing I can't handle you understand... ;) SO! This post is to introduce you to the importance of taking care of yourself between workouts! You can't continue with your regime if you have tightness restricting functional movement or you may cause yourself a mischief. Now! I have 3 regular friends to help me out in these situations:
1) Mr Foam Roller
2) Miss Tennis Ball
3) Lord Cricket Ball
They all hurt but it's a great DIY deep tissue massage (the main problem is getting round the idea of inflicting the pain on yourself - somehow it doesn't seem right!). So here I am, inflicting pain on myself:
I'm against a wall, applying pressure to an affected area through leaning into a tennis ball. Simple!... ouch. For me, this has to be done on my calf muscles, shoulders, back, chest, thighs.... Back soon with news of my progress...
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