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Percussive therapy helps prevent aches and pains, reducing muscle tension in seconds. It also increases mobility, range of motion and blood flow, to reduce soreness, tightness and pain. In addition, it can assist with accelerating the repair and growth of tissues post-workout.
After exercising, for relaxation or recovery, we recommend a minimum of two minutes per muscle or area. It’s around the two-minute mark that your central nervous system desensitises and relaxes, or ‘melts’ into recovery.
Most people don’t realise that tension headaches starts from the upper chest, then go through the shoulders and all the way around to the upper back. The way I treat tension headaches is by using my Theragun, starting on my biceps, working up to my shoulders, down onto my chest, and then finishing on my trapezius. Then I work backwards on the same muscles, moving the tension away from the head.
I always use the Theragun to relieve shoulder pain. Often, the tension that we feel deep in our shoulders, which sometimes manifests as a sharp pain on the front of the shoulders, comes from the subscapularis and teres major muscles. These are best accessed through the armpit. One of our Theragun design features – the ergonomic multi-grip – makes it easy to access and treat this area.
Theragun is also good for the feet. They’re the wheels we use daily, and our brain receives constant information and stimulus from them that helps navigate life. Using the Theragun through the day on your feet, even over your shoes after a workout, will rejuvenate your feet and make your whole day feel lighter.
Percussive therapy
can assist with
accelerating the
repair and growth
of tissues
post-workout
How it works
Theragun pioneered a field of recovery known as percussive therapy which works by delivering a combination of targeted deep-tissue massage, at a high-speed frequency, with sufficient force.
Every Theragun reaches 16mm into muscle, increasing bloodflow and supporting the body’s ability to repair. Each device touches and retracts away from the body 40 times per second, a calibration that distracts the brain from pain while delivering treatment.
Percussive therapy has benefits beyond tension relief, including hydrating muscle tissue, improving mobility, decreasing lactic acid levels, increasing bloodflow, and decreasing muscle soreness and stiffness.