The calves are a common spot of discomfort and magic massage hands can get pricy. Self-massage can be quite tricky to do without straining because it’s not easy for everyone to reach their own legs! My fiancé regularly requests calf massages and my hands just can’t keep up. Your Pressure Pyramid is the perfect tool to push your calf into, or use it to aid in massaging someone else’s calf without exhausting your hands and arms.
**Place Your Pressure Pyramid on top of a Yoga Block and massage the calf.**
Calf pain can stop people from being able to walk, run and play sports. It can become so bad people resort to surgery. Relieving this pain can sometimes be done by treating calf trigger points. Trigger point therapy can be a powerful tool to treat and prevent injuries, so that you can get back to your daily activity.
The best way to approach self-massage is to press on the trigger point directly and hold for a minute or two, or apply small kneading strokes. No need to be too concerned about the direction of the muscle fibres. Too much intensity can backfire and make it worse, and the right intensity could actually be a key to improvement.
