Friday 15 January 2010

Possible Tendinos/Tendinopathy Treatment: Leg Roller


Another technique that I have found useful......
So that I could work on my trigger points myself I got hold of a foam leg roller which I can use to apply my body weight to the trigger points and also roll the muscles and tendons to condition them. I used this over a period of a month and found that in the beginning pressure on the points was very very painful (could not apply body weight) and caused the nerves and tendons around the knee to 'fire' in sympathy. I stuck with using a mixture of straight on pressure and rolling and it got easier and easier to the point at which the physio can no longer find the trigger points and pressing down (using the roller) on those areas no longer causes any sympathetic firing around the knee. This seems to have had a good impact on the wet/cold/neurological feelings I had around both knees (and seems to have helped sitting still for long periods) but had not had any impact on the deeper and problematic areas of pain and stiffness on pat and quad tendons. SO - another useful technique for management but does not lead to a cure!

Possible Tendinos/Tendinopathy Treatment: Trigger points and Accupuncture

Thought it was worth a post on this treatment as I have found it very useful. Between early Nov and now - along with my eccentric squats my physio has been working on some trigger points in my right leg. These manifest as very sore patches in my muscles which, when pressed, seem to stimulate trigger prickly, tingly feelings (similar to the neurological ones I experience) around my knee. Often when pressed they appear very 'active' and a trembling, fluttering pattern appears under the skin. There are a couple of big ones close to the ITB on the outside of my quads, a minor one on the front right and one in my hamstrings

My physio has used a mixture of warmth, pressure and also needles to work on them. It has taken several sessions but they are improving and, after treatment, I get a reduction in tightness/stiffness. I don't this has a curative effect - but it does help with management and I would definitely recommend it