Assisted
Body Stretching
Lazy yoga (I do it for you)
Downward dog
The first thing your dog or cat does when they awaken is stretch!
They inherently understand waking up the body and mind by extending muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joint capsules to prepare for walking, running, jumping, climbing, balance, coordination, or hunting.
As humans, we clock hours in twisted sleep positions, on the computer, on the couch, and in the car. Resulting in muscle imbalances in our frame.
Assisted body stretching is crucial to restore symmetry and prevent the aging process.
✳️ [Texas State Law requires evaluation before adjustment]✳️
HSA and FSA cards accepted
Stretch (15)
15 min. $30 (table)
Assisted stretch.
Best performed before a spinal adjustment.
Stretch (30)
30 min. $65 (table)
Pranayama breathing included (see below)
Assisted and/or resistive stretching (PNF).
Stretch (60)
Assisted and/or resistive stretching (PNF).
Pranayama breathing included (see below)
What is PNF?
PNF - Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (see below)⤵️
“Stretching is the deliberate lengthening of muscles in order to increase muscle flexibility and increase joint range of motion. It is a crucial component of injury rehabilitation and should be part of any exercise program.”
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Stretching Packages
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Stretch Goals:
Elongate muscles, joint capsules, ligaments, & tendons.
Increase mobility, flexibility, symmetry, strength, & tone.
Improve nutrient delivery into muscles.
Loosen scar tissue.
Reduce stress & pain.
Why stretching?
Why do I have a tighter side?
Repeating habits create muscular ‘groundhog day’. Most commonly due to our beds, desk, couch, and car.
Habits translate into muscular imbalances. Prolonged positions (unconsciously) will shorten and tighten certain muscles while opposing muscles become longer and weaker. Thus creating tightness, muscle ache, and joint pain.
Sleep patterns; fetal position, the dead man splat, or wringing the towel affect muscle imbalances and create joint subluxations like waking up with a “crick” in one’s neck.
Sleep accounts for 1/3rd of our day and life. Would you spend 1/3rd of your life only working out one side of your body?
Computers and body morphology contribute to muscle imbalances and tightness. Desk height, chair width, person’s height, length of limbs, and weight; all send signals to one’s brain, joints, and comfortable muscles, so one can zone in on their project.
Desktop, laptop, tablet or cell phone usually keep one’s head/neck in constant flexion. Right/left-hand dominance & right/left eye dominance also prolong muscle imbalances due to keyboard and mouse.
Couch: It’s your spot! You have claimed it! It’s territorial…..yet the position becomes unconsciously prolonged because we all zone out to watch TV or a movie. Never realizing that laying propped or twisted for too long repeat muscle imbalances and eventual tightness.
Car: No one looks cooler in a car than you! We find our sweet spot. The right elbow can rest on the console or left arm is hanging out the window. The steering wheel can be underhanded, overhanded or side handed. Some women can sit in a car with one leg tucked underneath them forcing a prolonged pigeon pose of the piriformis muscle.
Habits are just that….habits.
Habits develop into muscle imbalances due to prolonged and repeated patterns. Allowing the body to tighten and shorten on one side and not clocking enough ‘even’ time to counterbalance the muscles.
Stretching ‘IS’ crucially important in preventing the ‘sneak up’ on muscle and joint pain.
What is PNF?
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
‘Hold-Contract-Resist-Relax-Stretch.’ This technique helps stretch and strengthen muscles, increase range of motion faster and more comfortably.
The abbreviation is called PNF for its long name ‘Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation’ or in the past, it was called Neuromuscular re-education.
Here at Massage + Chiro, we perform ‘Dynamic body stretching’ which causes slow reversals in the muscles. We utilize isotonic contractions of the agonistic muscle followed by resistance in its antagonistic muscle, inducing a continued progression of muscle relief, stretching of scar tissue, a decrease of pain and inflammation.
What is Pranayama Breathing?
Similar to Lamaze breathing in sync with stretching or PNF.
Practitioner & (patient/client- eyes shut) fluidly move as one. Followed by slow deep controlled breathing. Allowing the inspiration/expiration ‘Hold-Contract-Resist-Relax-Stretch’ centers both minds and aids in a state of calmness & peace.
We work together in reducing pain, stretch scar tissue and increase flexibility.
Pranayama is the ancient practice of controlling one’s breathing for the movement of life force (Prana) through the body.