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Re: [RC] Some Thoughts on Rider Pain - Beverley H. Kane, MDWe used to administer trigger point therapy in the Alternative Therapies Unit at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital using either ethylene chloride (a cold spray) or lidocaine (novocaine) injections at the trigger points. Patients got tremendous relief. To expand on the Three Things:*** "self applied trigger point massage works by accomplishing three things: it breaks into the chemical and neurological feedback loop that maintains the muscle contraction, it increases circulation that has been restricted by tthe contracted tissue; and it directly stretches the trigger point's knotted muscle fibers. ***"breaks into...the feedback loop" means breaking up the reverberating pain impulse circuitry at the spinal cord level. Creating a pain-free interval also helps at the brain level to unlearn the conditioned response that we consciously experience as pain. Wishing everyone a pain-free 2006. beverley =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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