What should you expect? Well first off, TONS & TONS of information on massage, stretching, muscles, crossfit, and MANY more topics and concerns when it comes to staying healthy, healing and prevention of injury....
I haven't really come up with how I am going to go with this so it will definitely be a learning as we go kinda thing, so please bear with me...
So a little about me :) I'm Adrian and I am a die hard crossfitter, at a local box Crossfit 239, and a license massage therapist here in SW florida. I have been a crossfitter for 3 years and a massage therapist for 5, and both are pretty much my life...
well besides my amazing fiancé, Anthony, and the love of my life my puppy, Brindle.
I have a degree in Athletic Training from a local university, FGCU, and I have worked in a few, great none the less, physical therapy clinics. Being in that kind of setting, I have learned so much which have really helped me understand the human body... i.e. injuries, biomechanics, preventative exercises and stretching, and so so so much more. I have worked with many crossfitters for the last 2-3 years, that I also have crossfitted with, and have helped them over come many years of pain or just the acute pain and injuries from Crossfit's WODs.
The great thing about me being a crossfitter and a massage therapist is that I TRULLY UNDERSTAND and have probably HAVE FELT the same exact pains... I understand the movements that we go through, the execution we give, and the pain that is felt among every crossfitter out there.
It's actually a true statement when I say, "I know how you feel"
I believe our body is a big kinetic chain, if one thing if off (hurt or injured) everything is going to be affected. Let me explain in leman terms, you twist your ankle and then you start limping. Then after 2 days of limping all of a sudden your knee and hip are so achey that it just fells like someone stab you in your back. And then you asked "This is all because of my ankle?" My answer "Yup all because of your ankle you now have low back, hip, and knee pain"... "geez" is your next response...
But Yup thats how the body works. If one thing is off everything will be off. Now, its not always muscular.... it could be a bone and ligament issue, or a strained tendon... (which if you didn't already know is the band of tissue that attaches the muscles to your bone, its a pretty important tissue... if that tears you have no tendon to help activate that muscle to move that bone that you are trying to move, example your bicep. Think about it, or check out the image below...) You are going to have an issue more than just that one particular thing, the body works as a whole... not individually as you think. Your body will do what it needs to do to keep it as whole as it can, and yes that can cause your body to bend and tilt in ways just so it thinks it's helping itself. It's pretty amazing and painful.
http://kescott45.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/the-kinetic-chain-–-why-your-back-hips-knees-lower-legs-ankles-and-feet-hurt/
^ Great article on The Kinetic chain of the body...
Well I'm going to end with this, but next time I'll definitely discuss things that will help YOU as a client, a crossfiiter, and a normal human being understand why you may feel pain where you do, but why I am pressing a muscle no where near that location, or what can YOU do for yourself as in stretching, self-therapy, or WHERE you can go to help alleviate this pain that you are enduring...but no one deserves to be in pain...
till then... Stretch it out ;)
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