Myofascial Pain Syndrome Support Group

Myofascial Pain Syndrome (or MPS) is a term used to describe one of the conditions characterized by chronic pain. It is associated with and caused by "trigger points" (TrPs), sensitive and painful areas between the muscle and fascia. The symptoms can range from referred pain through myofascial trigger points to specific pains in other areas of the body. It may be related...

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THE AMAZING TENNIS BALL

marcsinchan
marcsinchan
Does anybody here find tennis ball technique helpful? Me, I am using it as an instant pain relieve every time the pain strikes.
Zingara
Zingara
PTs and books often recommend tennis balls. Sometimes I use an inflatable ball the size or smaller than a tennis ball and lay down on it. It's not as hard and I don't have to stand. Whatever works . . .
Pumpkin31
Pumpkin31
The humble tennis ball is a bit of a marvel and a good way of managing mps, so important because it can help prevent mps mushrooming into something far worse.

Are you aware that mps is a condition made up of lots of trigger points, which are muscle knots that just never (ever, ever, ever due to the toxic fluid around them) and the tennis balls are a way of applying enough pressure to relax them long enough to feel the release and the relief.

Sadly it doesn't last permanently which is why you have to keep going back to do some more. To get more permanently you need to add a few other things into your routine, maybe take away others and take a good long hard look at how your life is working with your mps.

Lots of people use the tennis ball for help; others make use of many other things like harder balls, specific pressure massagers and specially designed massager tools.

Keep going with that tennis ball and enjoy the relief it's bringing :)
marcsinchan
marcsinchan
Hi #Zingara.. yeah, one of my PT's recommended tennis ball. The pain drops significantly as I lay down on it for 30 to 60 seconds.


Hi #Pumpkin... How are you doin, been following your post and I admire your book like naration of your experiences. Its like I am ready a book.. :) Very detailed. Anyways, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge to us who are also experiencing pain at almost on everyday basis for years...
Pumpkin31
Pumpkin31
Pain sucks, doesn't it marcsinchan? That's become my motto.

And isn't excellent to find the humble tennis ball helps so much? It annoys me when 'civilians' hear about it and sometimes have attitude like 'tennis ball? You must be making it / or the pain up'. After the 2012 Olympics we had one of the Olympic gymnastics winners go on 'Strictly Ballroom' (and won) and he used to talk about using the humble tennis ball to help 'ease the pain' after performances etc and showed them all, who tried it and you could see that 'oh, this is good' light go on in their eyes :)