Welcome to this video, where we'll talk you through how to use the massage gun on the quads which are
these muscles at the front of the thigh. We'll go through the attachment to use. The settings that
you can put the massage gun on where to target and how long for. We have a link in the description
below and it'll take you through to our resource page where we have all of the different products
that we'd suggest and recommend. So, check it out.
My name is Claire. I'm a Physiotherapist from PhysioFit Health.
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Targeting the quads, I would get you first thinking about where you are going to be
sitting in order to do your massage. Now, I would suggest getting you in long sitting
which is like this, with your legs out nice and straight. However, if it's a bit too uncomfortable
for you than sitting in a chair, it's also a good position. However, sitting in the chair your knees
are going to be slightly bent and it might put the quads on a little bit more of a stretch.
So yeah, just please feel comfortable where you're sitting.
The attachments that you might find useful would be the round one
or you might find the flat one quite useful. Now, the round one on the flat one
it just kind of spreads the pressure out a little bit and targets a greater area and so, yeah
maybe a little bit more comfortable than some of the pointier thumb style attachments.
The setting that you can put it on would be around 8 - 10. The setting options I have
on this massage gun are 1 - 20. So, I'll put it about halfway with any of these settings it's
really a personal preference. So, if you try it at that setting you just don't like it
then you can decrease or increase the intensity.
I'll get you doing it for 1- 2 minutes, that's it.
And then importantly where are you going to target on the quads now it really does depend on where
is feeling tight for you. And sometimes the only way to figure that out is to get the massage gun
and just run it over the muscle. So, I get you doing it from the top of the thigh and then
you can run it all the way down. Generally speaking with the quads people tend to get
a little bit tighter on that outside part of the thigh. So, that's really where I'd be
suggesting to try out. If you do find a tight spot and it's fairly comfortable to keep
the pressure there and then you can keep the massage gun over that area just for you know
5 - 10 or so before moving on. So, you're just kind of searching for where feels tight.
Feel free to try the inside part of the the thigh. I tend to find that's not really
as tight as the outside one. So, it's making a lot of assumptions here but yeah general rule
tight on the outside, a little bit tight on the front of the thigh and really not so tight on the inside.
If you get any pain when you are using the massage gun then please stop and then put it away.
And maybe go and get it checked out by someone just to figure out what's been, what's going on.
As I said at the beginning we have the link in the description below to the products that we
would suggest and recommend. So, check it out.
If you are confused in any way about what you need to do then you can get
your own individual advice by booking an online physio appointment with us
through our website. There's a book online now and it's really straightforward and you'll just
explain what's going on with yourself and we can go through really what's been going on. And then
that gives you direction in what you might need to do going forwards just to help. See you soon!