Thanks to San Francisco CrossFit Blog I landed upon this YouTube video shown below by Gil Hedley, Ph.D., of http://www.gilhedley.com where he gives the Fuzz speech lesson on the importance of movement and stretching to maintain the sliding properties of tissues in the body, as well as the value of bodywork modalities (like rolling) and yoga when movement potential has become inhibited.

It’s a great visual representation of how tissue can bind up, leaving you less mobile and in pain. Yes Gil shows you in a humorous way that the fuzz forms while your immobile and if you keep the muscle immobile then more fuzz will lay down limiting movement even more. Accumulation of fuzz is even greater with muscle damage and muscle damage comes about from training! So do you want to increase your efficiency and power output? Of course you do… then start removing the fuz! (warning! Human cadavers are shown to help the lesson)

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Our Trigger Point Performance Therapy Tools are starting to get some awesome recognition as you can see below… Downunder we have been approached by the ALL BLACKS, it could give them the edge against our beloved Wallabies in the upcoming Tri Nations in July.

German National Football Team now using Trigger Point products as a regular component in their training regimen. (Watch to the end to see the piece on our tools).

Charlotte and I are on the road again and back in Sydney this Friday for the Australian Regional CrossFit Games. The games are to be held at Randwick Race Course and we can’t wait to see the action and those few that qualify for the CrossFit Games in Carson, CA. Steve Willis AKA Commando Steve has pre qualified for the 2010 CrossFit Games after placing 4th in 2009.

Trigger Point Performance Therapy Australia is a sponsor of the event and we will have both an expo area and an athlete warm up area where competitors will be able to do some muscle and movement prep prior to their event with both out TPT Performance Tools and our revolutionary foam roller THE GRID under the Trigger Point Performance tents.

If you’re in Sydney then get on down to Randwick Race Course and check out the action. What is CrossFit? you can find out here.

From Cassidy Phillips founder of Trigger Point Performance Therapy

Shin Splints and TP Therapy

Shin splints is often the term associated with general pain in the shins.  It is a common condition in field sports and running alike.  Shin splints are typically caused by overuse of the tibialis anterior muscle, which controls dorsiflexion of the foot.  Pain occurs when the sheath, or periosteum, surrounding the tibia becomes inflamed due to the stress the anterior tibialis puts on this connective tissue between the muscle and the bone.

Symptoms of Shin Splints:

• Pain on the medial portion of the shin
• Pain that intensifies during exercise and eases when sedentary
• Small lumps that can be felt along the shin bone
• Mild swelling
• Pain when the toes or foot are bent downward

At Trigger Point Performance Therapy we can aid in the recovery process by offering a means by which adhesions and scar tissue in the tibialis anterior can be broken down.  This is accomplished through myofascial compression techniques and the use of our TP Massage Ball. The tibialis anterior originates on the lateral portion of the lower leg and inserts on the medial portion, at the medial cuneiform.

• Place the TP Ball on the anterior lower leg on the lateral side of tibia bone.
• Keeping an upright torso, slightly lean back and allow your body weight to allow pressure to generate throughout palm and through the ball.
• Apply pressure, as tolerated, to this area as you address the extremely tight areas of this muscle.

• Place one TP Ball on the interior lower leg on the medial side of tibia bone, while the other ball rests underneath the calf and isolates the muscle from the bone.
• Keeping an upright torso,  allow pressure to generate throughout palm and through the ball by shifting body weight forward.
• Knead the muscle in this area and along the connective tissue to target extremely tight areas of this muscle.

Perform this routine up to twice daily to optimize results and get on the path to recovery!