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Theracane wrise7/22/2023 I’m a pretty strong guy and I’ve put it to the test. It’s made of green plastic which is smooth and easy to handle. It’s about 2 feet long and 15 inches wide. The Theracane is sort of like a giant candy cane with handles (as you can see in the picture above). After a short learning curve it’s really easy to use. The Workbook has great diagrams which help you do this. Basically you just need to learn how to leverage it to get at your trigger points. Using the Theracane is pretty easy, it is definitely not rocket science. I’m finally able to control the pain without drugs! Truly amazing. It’s easy to do when watching TV, or similar passive activities. But if I do feel pain coming on, after a few minutes with the Theracane it’s gone. Now I’m at the stage where I try to use the Theracane a few times a week for prevention. Eventually days with pain became a rarity! The new normalĪs the pain decreased, I used the Theracane less and less often. After a few more months, I started to notice that days without pain turned into weeks without pain. ![]() Anyone who’s experienced chronic pain knows what a big deal that is. I was so happy that I finally had a way to relieve my pain that I actually got a second Theracane to keep near my desk at work.Īs I continued to work on my back over the following weeks, I started to have whole days without pain. ![]() At this early stage I was using the Theracane several times a day. Something was happening.Īfter working on my back for just a few days, the pain in my neck started to decrease. It definitely felt like I was releasing tension. But it’s that kind of pain that weirdly feels sort of good. When I first started working on them they were super painful. Using the Theracane, I was able to reach those troublesome trigger points. Since my trigger points were in my shoulder, I couldn’t reach them to work on them. The shaded area at the base of the skull is exactly where I had my pain. The illustration on the right shows the referred pain, which are the shaded areas. The illustration on the left shows the muscle. The following diagram from the Workbook shows my case exactly: For years, all the various treatments I tried were focused on my neck, since that’s where the pain was. In my case, the pain in my neck was caused by trigger points in my shoulder-blade. It shows the trigger points in each muscle, and connects them to where they refer pain. When you’re massaging a muscle and find a sore spot, that’s a trigger point. The Workbook is basically a map of all the muscles in your entire body. Trigger points are easy to find since they hurt like crazy. The way trigger point therapy works is that you massage directly on the trigger points. You could massage your elbow or wrist all day, and you wouldn’t be affecting the source of the pain (the knot in your forearm). For example, if you had a trigger point in the middle of your forearm, it could cause pain in your elbow or your wrist. What most people don’t realize is that these knots can cause pain in other areas that are far away from where the knot is located. Trigger points are basically knots in a muscle. The key to how trigger point therapy works is the concept of “referred pain”. To learn how I also bought “The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook” by Clair Davies (Update: I’ve reviewed the book here). I followed my physical therapist’s advice and ordered a Theracane, which allowed me to perform “trigger point therapy” on myself. I literally haven’t been to physical therapy since! She showed me a Theracane and told me to buy one online. Eventually I resigned to living with my pain, and thought I’d be rushing to the ibuprofen bottle first thing every morning for the rest of my life. At the end of a physical therapy session one day, my therapist had an idea. I bought therapeutic pillows and even a new memory foam bed. I tried everything, including physical therapy, massage, acupuncture, and going to a chiropractor. ![]() I suffered from chronic neck pain for 15 years.
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