Did you ever see those folks at the gym working feverishly and ever so focused on their weightlifting? Not only do they lift massive amounts of weight, but also they are repetitive and do some really amazingly small movements to focus the work on a specific muscle.

Ever think how muscle therapy can help someone like that? I never did until a competitive body-builder became a client of mine last Fall. He’s training and competing, hoping to get his pro card which will lead to pursuing endorsement contracts and sponsorships. In the meantime, however, he eats, sleeps and trains — working really hard and focused with his trainer.

So where do I fit in, you ask? Well, this type of aggressive training and diet tend to cause restrictions and adhesions in the muscle fiber. Muscle gets microtears when you lift weights; the more you lift, the more the adhesions. These adhesions can restrict muscle performance, inhibit symmetrical muscle development and put the athlete at a greater risk to injury—in the competitive world injury can be a show stopper.

With neuromuscular and myofascial treatments, we work to release these adhesions, increase range of motion and muscle fiber freedom. These deep treatments also require the client to actively flex and extend muscles during treatment thereby re-educating the muscle as it is being released.

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