by Body Align Myotherapy | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog
While exercise and daily activity is essential to our health and well-being, so too is our muscle recovery. Without adequate muscle repair and recovery, our physical fitness is impaired and we are at greater risk of injury. Muscle recovery is essential to our ability...
by Body Align Myotherapy | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog
Myofascial dry needling is a technique used widely by manual therapists including myotherapists, physiotherapists & osteopaths. It is an increasingly popular technique used for treating acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain. What is MDN? Myofascial dry needling...
by Body Align Myotherapy | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog
Cupping is an ancient form of manual therapy aimed at reducing myofascial tension and associated pain in the body. Fascia is connective tissue which provides a structural framework for our body. It attaches to each and every muscle, offering the musculoskeletal...
by Body Align Myotherapy | Jun 29, 2019 | Blog
The 22nd until the 26th of July is National Pain Week! The 22nd – 26th of July is National Pain Week. The aim of National Pain Week is to raise public awareness, patient education and de-stigmatisation of chronic pain. Our blog this month will discuss chronic...
by Body Align Myotherapy | Nov 30, 2018 | Blog
We all know we should be stretching, but how many of us are doing it correctly and daily? What is it that we are doing when we are stretching except for causing ourselves discomfort in peculiar positions? Stretching is the motion of lengthening the muscle by moving...