Muscle knots and general muscle tightness can occur from strain or overworking a muscle to the point of extreme pain or discomfort. This can be debilitating and greatly limit range of motion from several hours to weeks. If you often struggle with muscle knots, stick around for a few ways to quickly relieve them and improve your quality of life.
Ice and Heat
Combining cold therapy and heat can help release muscle knots by constricting the blood vessels (cold) and flushing them out by removing the cooling pad/ice for 10-15 minutes at a time. The heat works by relaxing and loosening up muscles, increasing blood flow and therefore encouraging the body's natural healing processes.
Trigger Point Pressure Release
Pressing and releasing a tight or painful pressure point or muscle knot forces it to soften and release, but without a skilled practitioner it can be difficult to know if you're doing it correctly. There are multiple TENS/EMS Units with pressure point settings that make it easier to target and dissolve muscle knots with little to no effort. TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) and EMS (electrical muscle stimulation) are both used as a natural form of pain relief by encouraging the body to release endorphins, which aid the body's natural healing processes. We highly recommend the wireless VPod since it has 24 different features (one of which is trigger point pressure) and adjustable intensities for each feature.
VPOD Wireless TENS, EMS & NMES Unit
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If a trigger point pressure release massage is not an option, TENS/EMS Units are worth considering, as you can treat many ailments from home with this latests innovative technology. Many sources of pain, including muscle knots, can be decreased if not eliminated by an increase in oxygenated blood flow (a beneficial side effect of electrical muscle stimulation). To learn more about the VPod, visit VPod.Life.
Happy Healing!