Resistive Stretching

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After more than ten years of sudden, painful lower back spasms, I was doing daily exercises and using prescription medications, and still couldn't bend over to put on my socks in the morning. Long distance car travel had recently become a nightmare, and I was afraid to pick up even my tiniest grandchildren. I found Connections Massage Therapy in the phonebook. I saw Gordon that very afternoon and had immediate relief from pain after one or two sessions of "trigger point" therapy. The man has a gift, and I am so grateful that I don't have to go through the rest of my life with constant back pain. If I do something stupid and hurt my back again, he'll fix it. It's as simple as that. I'm sleeping better, feeling great, and I'm down to one prescription (for osteoporosis) instead of four. I can't recommend Connections highly enough to anyone in pain.

— Phyllis Cadwallader,
retired teacher

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Resistive stretching is the application of a hold-relaxed stretching technique. It is a method of taking the muscle to a point of gentle resistance and then activating the muscle. After relaxing the muscle, the muscle is taken to a new point of resistance. In order to gain the most from this method, it is important to have worked on the soft tissues that are too short. The muscle and/or muscle group needs to be lengthened or relaxed to attain the maximum benefit from these stretches.

This work facilitates the range of motion of joints or joint mobilization, which can include stretching, pushing, or pulling. In other words, the muscles surrounding the joints need to be balanced in order for the joints to maintain balance.

reflexology work • trigger point therapy • deep tissue work • bowen therapy • resistive stretching • medical massage

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