Percussion Therapy

What is Percussion Therapy?

Percussion Therapy is a treatment modality that directs a vibrational force into the affected area of your body. This force goes deeper than many manual muscular treatments can affect, making it a great way to increase blood flow, improve range of motion, decrease inflammation and general muscle soreness, along with decreasing pain. At Evolve Chiropractic, we utilize the HyperVolt by HyperIce to perform our percussion therapy.

Why Does Percussion Therapy Work?

To simplify the process at play with percussion therapy, it is similar to rubbing your elbow for pain relief after banging it on a surface. Your joints and muscles have receptors that transmit position and touch sensations to brain. Some of these sensations are perceived as pain, and others are perceived as alleviation of pain, or dulling of pain.

Percussion or Vibratory therapy over muscles silences pain transmission to the brain by stimulating receptors called Pacinian Corpuscles. These are receptors that relax your muscle in response to pressure and vibratory stimuli.

Percussion Therapy over your joints stimulate receptors called mechanoreceptors. These mechanoreceptors send signals to your brain that actively override the pain stimulus being sent to the brain from that particular joint, thus providing relief of pain at the affected area.

Does Percussion Therapy Hurt?

Generally speaking, Percussion Therapy does not hurt most patients. There are some instances where Percussion Therapy can be sensitive, however our Dripping Springs chiropractors begin each Percussion Therapy Treatment gently, and build up the treatment depending on patient pain tolerance, and patient presentation at the clinic.

When is Percussion Therapy Most Beneficial?

Percussion Therapy is beneficial both before your adjustment in order to relax and alleviate musculature surrounding your affected area, and before/after workouts to either prime your muscles for activity, or help to reduce general soreness and inflammation stored within the musculature.

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