Help your therapist help you. The TOLA® System is designed to help you sustain the gains of your last manual therapy session. Stop playing catch-up.
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The Top Thirty
PTs at the David G Simons Academy™ have identified what they believe to be the 30 most frequently treated muscles in clinical trigger point therapy. The 30 muscles, plus associated manual trigger point therapy and dry needling techniques are well documented in the DGSA's excellent course literature, available for private use as a download here.
Frozen Shoulder
Frozen Shoulder Syndrome is a common and debilitating condition associated with multiple trigger points around the shoulder. The Niel-Asher Technique™ is a treatment protocol that uses a specific sequence of manipulations to soft-tissues in and around the shoulder joint to harness the body's own healing mechanisms.
Fact or Fiction?
Trigger points are recognized as a common cause of pain and the empirical experience of clinicians treating trigger points is positive. But, the work of influential trigger point researchers has been held up as an example of “pseudo-pseudo evidence-based medicine” and “novel” research findings have been labeled "errors of interpretation”. More broadly, an emerging idea in pain science is that pain does not provide a measure of the state of tissue. Read more.
Using the System
Use the System lying down, sitting down or standing up-however you can get comfortable. Or use it as a hand-held tool. Relaxation is an essential element in achieving adequately deep and long-lasting therapeutic release through pressure to soft tissue. Read more....
Testimonials
A number of my patients have had great success between sessions (and after) using the System to gain on-going relief from a wide-variety of soft-tissue relate pain complaints. Read more....Ready to purchase the TOLA® System?
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