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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp physical therapist
- Brad Heineck physical therapist.
- Together we are the most famous
physical therapists on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course, Bob.
- So we were just debating which massage heads
we're gonna use. - Yeah.
- So how do you use a massage gun for low back pain relief?
Now, when you're gonna start massaging the low back
the easiest area to start is to focus on the muscles
that are closest to the spine.
I wanna show that right here, Brad.
- Sure. - So we're gonna,
this is the lumbar spine
in the low back, right?
- Right here.
- And there are layers upon layers
of kind of stream muscles that run right
a close to the spine.
The spine is right here.
The bumps feel on the back of your back
and your low back, I would go ahead
and just start hitting right along the muscle group here.
So if we look at this spine right here
you can see again, the spinus processes
and there's muscles that are filling in this area here.
- So we're gonna go here or here.
- Staying off the bone.
- But not on those bumps.
- Right, now we do have a massage head that
actually is a field goal.
(laughter)
And you can actually go along like that.
I actually grabbed, believe it or not.
I do use this one sometimes on my calf.
If you go along
with the muscle fibers,
- So you're going like, this? - Yeah.
It's just a really good deep massage.
- Yeah, this head is not one you commonly use
but it has its places.
- I haven't tried it on my back.
So do you want to do it on mine once?
- Yeah, because you've got to go across those bones.
The spinus processes that those bumps that stick out.
You're gonna, you ready for this Bob?
- Yeah, let's see what happens.
- I'm going to. - To go.
- Work it just like this.
Can you see that?
Mike, I'm sorry if I, whoa, you don't wanna massage your.
- All right, so I'm gonna first feel where the bumps are.
I don't know if you gonna turn all the way around so I can.
- Yeah. - So I can we can show
the people more clearly, all right.
- How's that?
- So here we are.
I can feel the bumps right there.
I'm gonna make sure I bridge across those,
'cause that these are plastic.
It's a harder surface
and that would not be comfortable on those bones.
Are you doing okay with that Bob?
- Yeah, actually feels good.
- Ah, good.
Now, if I go right to left a little bit
then I get close to.
- Still fine. - Doing okay?
- Yeah. - Okay.
So I've got an angle.
If I go more direct in, it's gonna be a little deeper.
Now this is something obviously Bob cannot do to himself.
- Right. - It's gonna have to be done
by someone else.
So you really have to listen to their feedback.
If they say ouch or stop, please be respectful.
- Matt, why don't you take the pointer one
and do it on my back too and I wanna see if,
how that feels compared to that.
- Sure. - So the pointer one
it looks kind of like a bullet.
- Yeah, so this is the pointer on our smaller gun.
And this is the pointer.
- [Both] On our larger gun.
- Right. - So again,
these really are quick to click on and pull off.
- Yeah these are small guns, but they're very powerful.
This is our you know smallest gun.
- Yeah.
- It really is powerful.
- Yeah, you have to hold the button down for two
to three seconds before they turn on.
So I'm gonna pull this so you can see it better.
So I'm working here and I can go in.
I'm gonna work, that whole muscle group
that goes up and down on each side of the spine
and then down the lower back, there's even more muscles.
We've got the quadratus lumborum,
the super sponge or the,
well it's a big long group of muscles.
- That's right.
- What is it called?
- Well, which one are you, the spinalis?
I don't know what you're talking about.
- The whole big muscle group.
- Para spinals? - Para spinals!
- There you go. - That just,
you don't that way if you just say that.
- [Both] You don't have to still name all.
- It's the whole group,
- They're small little muscles rotators.
And so that one, I would say this one was more aggressive.
And if you want to go less aggressive
you can go to airfield one.
- Sure. - So you wanna go
with a less aggressive head,
the airfield really works well for that.
It's probably the least aggressive head.
- Yeah. - You could go over bones
with that and it wouldn't be too bad.
- Yeah, it's a little squishy.
We've got the round head, sometimes it can work all right.
And even the Flathead might work for that area.
- Yeah. - That's the more
aggressive ones metal.
- Yeah, that's for the real.
- [Both] The big gun.
- With the big gun, yeah.
- Yeah, all right now,
in addition to doing those muscles that
are on directly by the spine,
we're also gonna look at
I want you to look at the anatomy here.
This is really interesting.
This is a picture of Brad was his skin off.
- Right, yeah, look at that.
So you got cross hairs on my back.
What have we got to the lumbar fascia?
- Yeah, the lumbar fascia.
So that white part is still the fascia.
And what you can see is what I'm pointing
out here is here I got the wrong color again, Brad.
- So let's see how it looks.
This is our new toy.
- Yeah, so what I wanna point out here
is actually the latissimus dorsi,
attacking, attaching to the fascia.
On both sides of course
and the gluteus Maximus also attaches to the fascia.
- Right. - So you may,
as a secondary thing, if those are tight,
they could be pulling on your back
and you're not able to straighten your back
as much as you would like.
- Yeah. - So you may wanna massage
those areas too.
- Yeah, so, we're talking,
way up in here is gonna have some effect
on that fascia as well as these muscles.
Cause they all go in
and they connect, it's kinda like,
well it is really a belt.
- Yeah, it is like natures.
- A low back belt.
- Yeah, a low back belt.
And that's why you also want these strong.
- Sure. - But, you also
don't want them painful.
- Right. - And weak.
- So you can take a massage to those areas Brad.
Do you wanna, you can, and those are big muscles
except for the latissimus is next to the ribs
for part of it.
So you probably wanna go with a flat head for that.
- Yeah, and yeah, if you're doing
the latissimus you're probably gonna do this
laying, lying down.
- Right. - So that it's
a little easier you worked at.
- Now the Bach is one area you can work.
That's that's definitely one you can get to.
- Yep, I usually do this.
I like to put one foot up.
It just seems to be more comfortable for me ooh.
Yes. - You can lie
on your side too.
But you can also use
the hand held masssager Brad.
The, no the white one on the floor.
- Oh I'm sorry.
- This one's not nearly as powerful,
but, it it's less expensive.
But it's also with the handle like it is.
You can reach areas a lot easier.
- Right, yep.
Get back in there.
Here you can get up into the, lats
work your way down into that Lum.
- Lumbar fascia,
- Yeah the lumbar fascia, the hip.
- I wanted to prove Brad
by the way that this is you, strong like bulls.
- Oh my goodness.
Yeah, look at that, wow.
- That's definitely Brad.
- I don't even think I looked like that
when I was young and strong
or maybe I wasn't that I'm not sure
but whatever it makes me feel good anyways.
- All right, remember, this video is a part
of a series of videos on massage.
We, show you how to massage every pain away from your body.
- That's right.
Which head to use what muscle group to hit.
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