Thigh

Free main leg-adhesion

just above front of knee (rectus-femur, vastus medialis & lateralis).

Problem:

Normal lifelong activity creates a deep, dense adhesion in thigh muscles just above the knee. When firmly grasped this area feels as if it is glued to the bone, is overly sensitive and painful. This adhesion restricts muscle elongation and side-to-side slidage, limiting knee mobility.

Treatment:

After a general loosening massage of front and sides of the thigh, therapist grips the whole muscle mass above the knee, all the way down to the bone, and quickly shakes it toward head & then back toward feet, or vice versa. This should be done quickly, two short jerking motions. The client will scream, everyone else in the room will burst out laughing, and within a few seconds the pain is gone, and thigh is suddenly much, much more flexible.

Benefits:

1. allows thigh muscles to slide through full range of motion.
2. knee moves more freely, feels as if one were younger.
3. less constriction means less stress on leg, greater endurance, fewer strains & pulls.
4. relieves stress on groin & hamstrings, enough to significantly reduce strains & injuries to them.

Notes:

     The upper attachment of the quadriceps rectus femoris muscle, on the front of the pelvis bone just above the top of the thigh (AIIS), is under terrific stress during explosive movements like sprinting, kicking a ball, or lifting heavy weight. It often becomes inflamed and is commonly ruptured (torn). Freeing this thigh adhesion, which is located at the lower end of rectus femoris, significantly reduces the stress on its upper attachment. This reduces vulnerability to injury, often ending a lifelong susceptibility to injury at this location.

     People whose shoulders roll forward, which is most of us, significantly increase the stress on the fronts of their thighs and usually develop this thigh adhesion, even if they are couch potatoes.