Ever wake up to your arms going numb or feeling heavy? Sometimes it is just caused by sleeping on your arm and compressing it, but not always. This strange pain in the arms is can be caused by a shoulder muscle that has tightened up and triggers this response. The Scalene muscle group has a “trigger point” where your neck meets the shoulder. It is called a trigger point because it is an area on the body that is sending a pain signal or feeling to another area.
The Scalene muscle group is found deep in the lower neck. It flexes the neck to the side and helps to lift the rib cage when you inhale sharply. Trigger point induced tension in this muscle may entrap several nerves as they exit the neck region. This entrapment is likely to produce pain, numbness and tingling sensations down the arm. Because the Scalene muscle group functions to aid breathing, its trigger points can cause arm pain while coughing. It can feel knotted up and sore when it is engaged or stimulated.
So how do you relieve this spooky sensation? Often a good Deep Tissue Massage or Trigger Point Therapy massage can relieve this stressed muscle group. Your therapist with apply firm pressure often holding on the trigger point or knotted area until he or she feels the muscle release. It can be a little uncomfortable at first, but after the tight area is worked out and massaged this area won’t feel as sensitive.
Your massage therapist cares about your comfort and will ask you for feedback during and after the massage. Be honest about how your muscles are feeling. If it hurts, speak up because generally if the pressure is too great the muscles will react by tightening up. And tightening up is the opposite response that you want. Your goal is to get the muscles to relax so they stop triggering the pain or numbness response in the arms.
For more information about trigger points go to:
http://www.painwhisperer.com/ptpath/ptpath/trigger-point-pain/arm-pain-causes.html
Sarah Gaudette
Paradise Therapy
Stress Relieving Tips
Massage & Wellness – Bradenton, Florida
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