6/05/2009

Twice a week? Perhaps.

Some people have requested to come in twice, sometimes 3 times a week to tackle a very specific issue. I usually do not allow this. There are some instances in where coming twice a week is suitable for the work we are doing. But this entails extremely specific and deep work.

The reason it is not necessary or even the best idea to make sessions so close, is that your body needs to adjust to the work we just finished. Like I said before, when our muscles are tight, the fibers are in constant contraction and therefor shorter. When this happens, the muscles are not able to function up to par and this is when other muscles help compensate the motions and you get a chain reaction of tightness and tension. During a massage, I work on loosening up the muscle fibers and releasing the Trigger Points. This will relax the muscle and therefor elongate the fibers, hopefully back to homeostasis. At this point, the muscles go thru what I like to call a "reorganization period". Basically, the original tight muscle is letting the other muscles know that it can do its job without any help. During this time your body has to adjust functioning differently in it motions. I like to give the body a few days to do this. Plus, I would like your body to get used to its new posture and being stretched more often. (Hopefully you are listening to my lectures and implementing them).

That being said, there are always exceptions to the rule. If you feel you need more constant work to keep up with a life-altering muscle issue, then we will discuss it and come up with a treatment plan.