Percussive Therapy

Percussive Therapy aims to target soft tissue pain and soreness by rapidly stimulating blood flow to a specific area. This treatment can be used on muscles, ligaments and tendons to help relieve tension.

HOW DOES PERCUSSIVE THERAPY WORK?

The intent of percussive therapy’s rapid movement on target areas is to work against pain and soreness, according the Wersland.

“Your body has a hierarchy and as it receives stimulus throughout the day, you may have pain,” he says. “When you take a product like this and you put it on your body, it stimulates a faster pathway to the brain which overrides that pain pathway and actually calms the body. So, we’re actually working on a pathway that’s faster to the brain, and the brain has to pay attention to that higher stimulus.”

Wersland adds the body cannot sustain tension during stimulation with a percussion massage device. This helps explain the quick relief felt when performing percussive therapy.

WHEN TO USE YOUR PERCUSSIVE THERAPY DEVICE

There is no set standard as to when you can use your percussion massage device. The stimulation can be beneficial before, during and after activity. Wersland recommends using your percussive therapy device in all three timeslots. He also suggests targeting your intended area with different approaches.

We say, 'paint the body.’ Everywhere you put this it increases that blood flow to that area, pushes out those post-exercise toxins and allows your body to recover.”

You can use percussive therapy in various settings, whether in the gym, on the field or on the tee box..