Name: Pectoralis Major and Pectoralis Minor Vibration Release
Uploaded: 2023-04-26T01:01:54.000Z
Duration: 4 min 39 s
Description: Learn how to apply a massage gun to the pectoralis major and minor with proper supine positioning, anatomical guidance, and trigger point release strategies. This evidence-based technique helps reduce chest muscle tension, improve shoulder mobility, and support better posture for clients and patients.

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Learn how to apply a massage gun to the pectoralis major and minor with proper supine positioning, anatomical guidance, and trigger point release strategies. This evidence-based technique helps reduce chest muscle tension, improve shoulder mobility, and support better posture for clients and patients.

Introduction to Vibration Release Techniques

Demonstration of Percussive Release on Pectoralis Major

Vibration Release for Pectoralis Minor

Evaluating Muscle Density and Trigger Points

Recap of Techniques and Recommendations

Pectoralis Major and Pectoralis Minor Vibration Release

This is Brenda The brookbush Institute in this video. We're gonna do vibration or percussive release of the pectoralis major and the pectoralis minor. I'm going to have my friend a vet come out. She's gonna help me demonstrate. You guys will notice that I put the foam piece back on. Right? So the foam round piece has a little little more shock absorption since these muscles are actually fairly thin we have the rib cage right behind them. We don't need that percussive force of like the flat round piece. Right. This is probably going to be a little too much. So you can see I have a vet has her arms up. This position is going to stretch out her pectoralis major put a little tension in there. Also, that'll help us that stretching reflex right ends up in autogenic inhibition. That's gonna help tone us down a little bit. It also gives us access a little bit to the pectoralis minor which we hope to affect with vibration release as well. Now just like any of the other techniques we've done I'm going to slowly go over the muscle. All right, so you guys can see here. I can just kind of go from anterior Dell. To just shy of the sternum. If you put this thing over the sternum with the foam piece. It's not gonna particularly hurt very much, but you're not going to be doing a whole lot either. Just kind of go back and forth anterior Dell. across the whole length of the pectoralis major I am still checking for tissue density. I'm trying to keep the hypervolt here relatively straight up and down. And as I talked about this foam piece kind of has a little bit of a friction surface, so I don't want to like wear through events clothing here. Most of the pectoralis major trigger points are actually right in the middle of the pectoralis major, but they're not all that common. The more common place to find trigger points is actually the pectoralis minor. So all we're going to do here. Is kind of try to come in this way. And then apply a little pressure. And see if we can't slowly work through this lateral Edge. Hoping that we are affecting some of those deeper tissues. I know it's not quite as direct kind of talk to you guys a little bit about how hypervolt is a lot better at superficial structures. But we're hoping to affect this a little bit. If somebody had a lot of muscle tissue you found some really. Defined in focal points of increased tissue density maybe found a trigger point. You could give the smaller piece a try. I think with the chest you're gonna find that very rarely. Do you need to to try to go with that smaller bullet piece, but maybe for the PEC minor maybe for this lateral Edge I can get just a little deeper on a lower setting. How's that feel? Pretty tender. Yeah, I definitely wouldn't push it any further than this guys. So. Just to recap you know, all I had was the foam piece. On two not even three like not even the highest intensity and I just kind of went over everything. And if I was actually gonna do deeper techniques, and I really wanted to go after the pectoralis minor chances are I would either hand a better softball or I would release it manually. You could try to get there. on setting one with the bullet piece Try to get a little deeper try to get like into any trigger points that you felt in the pectoralis major, but guys the the rib cage is right behind this. More intensity is not always better. If you're not getting good releases using the hypervolt, then then let's try a different technique. So again, I think you guys will find 90% of your chest work with a hypervolt will be foam piece on number two. Right here. I'm probably having to spend just a little extra time on that lateral Edge. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments box below.

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Vibration Release Techniques: Upper Body

Pre-exercise local vibration reduces functional signs and chemical markers of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and may improve performance in subsequent frequent workouts.

Local vibration is effective for reducing acute muscle pain (and can be added to a home program via the devices like the Hypervolt by Hyperice® or similar devices).

Local vibration alone may be sufficient to increase strength in deconditioned muscles/individuals.

Current research implies that adding vibration to self-administered release techniques (SMR) (e.g. foam rolling) enhances benefits for DOMS, pain pressure sensitivity, and increasing proprioception. Further research is needed to refine protocols and determine whether adding vibration to SMR enhances benefits for increasing range of motion and improving power performance when used as a warm-up.

Protocol for Using Percussion Massage Device

Start with a higher setting and superficially (with gentle pressure) trace the entire surface of the muscle.

Setting 3 is likely appropriate for the lower body.

Take a mental note of dense or sensitive points. Manual therapists may use the opposite hand to palpate for taut bands and nodules (trigger points).

Stay away from areas where the bone is superficial. Using percussion massage devices over bone may be uncomfortable, painful, and/or cause bruising. Placing a finger or thumb over bony protuberances will prevent accidental contact.

Using a piece with a smaller surface area and lower setting (setting 1), return to the dense/sensitive points using deeper compression.

It may be helpful to add tension or slack by shortening or lengthening the target tissue

The Brookbush Institute recommends 30 seconds to 2 minutes per muscle group, and 5 minutes as an upper limit even in the case of multiple trigger points.

 (Block with a thumb or finger when approaching these areas)

 is the largest superficial muscle of the chest, identify the borders of this muscle by locating the clavicle and sternum, and the lateral portion of the muscle which acts as the "roof" of the axilla (armpit). The fibers of the 

 run horizontally from the clavicle and sternum to the lateral border, converging in a thick tendon that passes under the 

 to its insertion on the anterior proximal portion of the humerus.

Common Trigger Points - May be found in the middle of the muscle bellies of any fiber from those originating on the xiphoid process to fibers originating from the clavicle. Occasionally, a lateral trigger point may develop along the axillary border of the muscle.

 and has a near-vertical fiber direction, coursing from ribs 3 - 5 to the coracoid process on the lateral aspect of the chest.

Common Trigger Point: In the middle of the muscle belly.

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