Jumpstart Your Muscles!

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Have you tried various traditional therapies such as exercise, stretching, creams, or hot/cold treatments to help you feel better yet nothing has provided you with long-lasting relief?

Jumpstart Your Muscles

It is too easy to blame age for all of your problems but where the muscles are concerned there are many gains to be made. Picture this: your car battery is dead, so when you turn the key the car will not start. This is the same premise as expecting your muscles to contract and stabilize your joints when they have lost their connection – they simply will not ‘start’ either. Just as the car will not start until we use booster cables to jumpstart the battery, muscles similarly need to be jumpstarted with MAT in order to get them to contract and start adding stability and strength to the body and in turn decrease tightness and discomfort.

We use a gentle hands-on pressure to activate the muscles and we recommend daily corrective exercises that will increase the tolerance of these muscles to withstand the stresses of daily life and your specific exercise regime.

When you jumpstart a car battery, you need to operate the vehicle for a time to ensure that the battery is fully charged. This is very similar to what we do with Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT). The goal is to build up the strength of your weak links (muscles) over time and get your whole body functioning optimally.

Where MAT Can Help

Here are just some of the situations where MAT can generate positive and successful results:

  • you have seen some results with other therapies but you are not quite in top condition
  • you still cannot roll over and/or sleep on your ‘bad’ shoulder
  • when you do a certain exercise at the gym, you feel discomfort for the next day or two
  • when you walk for any period of time/distance, your feet are in a lot of pain/discomfort
  • you cannot sleep because you just cannot get comfortable
  • you have discomfort in your back when you bend to pick up something from the floor
  • you cannot lift your grandchildren, children, or even a bag of potatoes without feeling some pain in your neck, back, shoulder, and/or hips
  • you were in a car accident a few years ago and are now feeling its effects on your body
  • you have scoliosis, kyphosis, or lordosis and you want to manage it as best you can
  • you want to work on the strength of your feet so you do not need to rely on orthotics
  • you believe the limitations in movement in your neck are related to your daily headaches

Apana Bodywork will answer all your questions and you will be guided by a qualified specialist on how to optimize the healing process from the first session through each subsequent session.