Desensitization

When injuries are chronic your body constantly sends pain messages to your brain and your brain becomes accustomed to that area(s) hurting all the time.

Through the use of a high velocity percussive massager, you can desensitize or break up that pain signal from reaching the brain.

This will block pain signals from reaching the brain so that you can move normally again without feeling chronic pain.

Pain Relief

To understand why high velocity percussive massagers are so effective, you need to understand the physiology of pain.

Imagine you burn your finger and you put it under cold water.  Instantly the pain disappears right?

The reason that cold water decreases burn pain is not because a burn is hot and water is cold.

Another example of this is when someone bangs a finger with a hammer or crushes it with a door.  You immediately begin to shake your hand back and forth to make it feel better

The reason is because pain nerves are easy to overcome.

High velocity percussion massagers trick your brain by sending non-painful signals to it.

This disrupts what’s called the Gate Control Theory of Pain.

With constant percussion and vibration, you’re overwhelming the brain and it blocks the sensation of pain.

Trigger Point Relief

Muscular trigger points or “knots” are sensitive spots in muscles that are sore to the touch and can limit the smooth movement of muscles.

Usually these are treated by a massage therapist by applying constant pressure to a trigger point for about 10 seconds, then releasing the pressure, and repeating it over and over again.

This helps to remove waste and restore blood flood in the muscle knot so that you feel less pain and restore motion.

With a percussive massager, you’re speeding up the work of a massage therapist substantially because of the high speed of compression and percussion provided by the massager.

This will cut your recovery time tenfold and save you money on constant massage visits.

Improves Circulation

One of the benefits of using percussion massagers is that they improve circulation to areas that lack blood flow.  In the medical world this is called reperfusion.

An increase in blood flow is important when it comes to recovery because through the blood is how tissues receive nutrients and removes waste (lactic acid) to stay healthy.

This is especially important for areas of insertion such as tendons and ligaments where blood flow is limited. 

This is the reason why tendonitis problems or ligament sprains take a long time to heal.

A percussive massager continuously stimulates blood flow to the affected areas and you’ll see it working almost instantly as the areas being worked on turn red, meaning there is an increase in blood flow.

The restoration of blood flow enhances recovery, reduces pain, and improves movement and overall range of motion to joints.

Breaks Up Scar Tissue to Improve Mobility

Just like seeing an Active Release Therapy (ART) practitioner, a percussive massager let’s you put pressure on a tissue to hold it in place while you moving the affected area at the same time.

The pressure, constant vibration, and percussion helps to break up scar tissue and restores the mobility of sliding.

Through constant use this will improve the way your muscles move and improve your mobility.

A 25 degree decline forces the ankle into plantar flexion, reduces calf tension, and decreases the load on the ankle, thus producing a more focused force and exercise to target the patellar tendon.

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