Stewart N. Johnson
 | Stewart N. Johnson is the owner and the Intuitive Healer. He has over 20 years of experience and has given over 10,000 massages and healing sessions. Once a Los Angeles California native, he recently left Denver to come to Pittsburg to help his wife’s parents. The Intuitive Healer can be found at 613 N. Broadway #F in the Colonnade building. Park in the parking lot in back off of Pine Street, enter building, 1st unit on your left. Walk-ins accepted. For more information call 620-687-3801 or visit intuitivehealingpittsburg.com.
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Health & Wellness
2012-08-30 08:06:07
Back pain in athletes
Q- My son is in his 3rd year of high school football. We all know that it is a grueling sport, what can we do to limit the chance of back pain, or his back locking up on him?
A- Massage, on the surface, opens up the muscles and allows them to lengthen, thus ensuring better flexibility.
A good weekly visit to a massage therapist is essential to any footballer’s life. The more flexible you are the more energy you will have and the better focused you will be.
BACK PAIN
Back pain can occur in anyone at anytime, for multiple reasons. Posture, environment and life in general can be the cause.
Back pain can be relieved, through the following steps;
Deep core muscles are the culprits for this issue. Let’s begin with the SI joint (sacroiliac) located in the pelvis, manipulated, we try to open this up so the back can freely move in a rotated position. Thus, giving you rotation and flexibility.
Up the back, we manipulate the erector spinae muscle to loosen up the lower back to the upper portion. Then we use a cold compress to speed healing to that region.
Ice always works well in all applications.
Next is the shoulders, as the scapula’s hang off the vertebrae via the rhomboids, manipulating both minor and major, the rhomboids are instrumental in controlling and determining how much pain you have and how to get rid of it. Usually, the area is uncovered as the source of the issue. For the back, it is either the upper or lower quadrant.
Upon determining this, we can then use the appropriate means on removing it from the body; it is similar to receiving a migraine treatment. The back pain in general is deep, to the core, specific to the deep muscles.
Lastly we turn to the legs; this will finish opening up the “lock up” and allowing things to flow.
Athletes commonly suffer from injuries and problems with their joints whether it is elbows, wrists, hips or knees. Stretching and pulling to relieve tension and heal common injuries is the main focus of the massage therapist. For anyone participating in physical activity, sports massage therapy is a great help to that person. Talk with a professional to find out which plan will work for you and your schedule.
