Performance Therapy — Soft Tissue Therapy

  Stuart Hinds demonstrates a treatment protocol for the hip adductors, commonly used to treat soccer players - and applicable to just about everyone.   Tendinitis of the adductor muscles; the pain is similar to a groin strain but onset is gradual and chronic in nature. Inflammation in the adductor muscle tendons or tendon sheaths due to overuse can cause pain in the groin area. Sprinting, football, soccer, hurdling and horse riding can all cause overuse in these muscles. Unresolved injuries such as groin strain can also lead to tendinitis. The adductor muscles include the pectineus, adductor longus, adductor brevis,...

  Treating the hip adductors - Stuart Hinds   Learning to treat these trigger points effectively can be a boon to your practice. (Latin: adducere, to lead toward; magnus, large; brevis, short; longus, long) The adductor magnus is the largest of the adductor muscle group, which also includes the adductor brevis and adductor longus. The adductor longus is the most anterior of the three. The adductor brevis lies anterior to the adductor magnus. The lateral border of the upper fibers of the adductor longus form the medial border of the femoral triangle (the sartorius forms the lateral boundary; the inguinal ligament forms the...

Successful treatment using trigger point therapy in a high-performance obstacle and endurance racing athlete As a therapist or trainer, I’m sure you can identify with the immense satisfaction of knowing that your work has had a direct impact on an athlete being able to achieve their goals. Another one of these proud moments happened for me recently. I first met Tim Kacprzak at the start of his obstacle racing and ultra running athletic journey when he was training for World’s Toughest Mudder, a gruelling 24-hour race in freezing conditions held in the United States. More recently, I worked intensively with...

Neck Pain and Stiffness - 10 Minute Master Class (Part 2)   This is the second part of Stuart Hind's 10-minute master class on treating common neck pain and stiffness. Stuart presents soft tissue and positional release techniques that are typically applied together with direct trigger point therapy treatment.   Click here to see Treating Neck Pain and Stiffness: Part One   Treating Tension Headache Master Class Trigger Point Therapy Master Course Collection   About the author Stuart Hinds is one of Australia’s leading soft tissue therapists, with over 27 years of experience as a practitioner, working with elite sports athletes, supporting Olympic...

  Neck Pain and Stiffness - 10 Minute Master Class (Part 1)   Treating Neck Pain and Stiffness: Part Two   Treating the Stiff Neck What is commonly known as a "stiff neck" is typically reported as soreness and difficulty moving the neck, especially when trying to turn the head sideways. Symptoms Clients may also present other associated symptoms including headache, neck pain, shoulder pain and even arm pain. In many cases, failure to address the problem leads to various postural related issues. This is because over time, the client will have begun to turn the entire body when attempting to look sideways,...