by MyoThrive | Aug 25, 2020 | children, cricket, dancing, exercise, foam roller, joint health, massage, muscle health, myofascial release, myotherapy, pain relief, posture, self treatment tools, sport, teenagers, wellbeing
Just like adults, children and adolescents can also experience musculoskeletal imbalances, conditions and pain. So how do you tell what your child is going through and what health professional to take them to? If you child has been complaining of severe pain following...
by MyoThrive | Jul 7, 2020 | foam roller, gardening, massage, myofascial release, myotherapy, posture, running
Foam rollers have been on the scene for a while now. There are new kids on the block such as the rumble roller and the power stick to name a few. However; there are some ways of using the foam roller that just doesn’t work so well with the other kinds of myofascial...
by MyoThrive | Jun 9, 2020 | exercise, foam roller, gym, joint health, Mid Back Exercises, muscle health, myofascial release, myotherapy, pain relief, posture, push-up, Shoulder Exercise, Shoulder Strengthen
With the current push-up challenge being a highlight of people’s time in isolation and having served as a great way to raise some money for charity, I have to admit, we were kind of cringing here at Myothrive. We rarely see a push-up performed well and...
by MyoThrive | Apr 28, 2020 | exercise, foam roller, Glute Strengthen, gym, joint health, muscle health, myofascial release, myotherapy, pain relief, posture, squat
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey”― Kenji Miyazawa Where are your glutes? You glute muscles make up your bottom. There is the biggest and one closest to the surface called the gluteus maximus, the next deepest one called the gluteus medius and...
by MyoThrive | Jul 28, 2016 | foam roller, gym, joint health, muscle health, myofascial release, myotherapy, pain relief, posture, self treatment tools, sport, squat
Short calf muscles, mainly the deeper soleus muscle can easily hold back your squatting ability. When this muscle is short you will have trouble letting the knee travel past your toes. In a normal squat (and particularly once you add load) in order to bio-mechanically...
by MyoThrive | Jul 14, 2016 | foam roller, gym, joint health, massage, muscle health, myofascial release, myotherapy, pain relief, running, self treatment tools, sport
The Body Back Buddy is amazing! It is one of the most versatile self trigger pointing tools you will ever own! Have you ever tried to spiky ball the top of your shoulder? Really really difficult right?! Even harder if you have an injury or pain to maneuver your body...