How to Use a Trigger Therapy Ball for Pregnancy
Our Cork Trigger Therapy Balls and Peanuts are excellent tools throughout pregnancy to give you localised stretching of muscle fibres in those hard to reach areas. If you are struggling with muscular pain in these areas these massages and stretches can be an excellent way to self treat in the comfort of your home.
*Always consult with your antenatal healthcare provider if you are unsure or are experiencing pain in these areas before trying these massages and stretches.
🤰Glute & Piriformis Muscles
These muscles can cause discomfort and pressure around the lower part of your spine (sacrum) and impinge or irritate the sciatic nerve causing a pinching and/ or aching pain that can radiate right down the leg.
To treat:
1. Place cork ball on a stable wall and roll the ball around until you feel your tender spots (trigger points).
2. Rock back and forth to massage the area.
3. Sit into/lean against the tender point until you feel it soften and release, then move to the next position.
🤰Additional Obturator Muscles
1. To release/ stretch the deeper obturator muscle place the ball along gluteal fold and repeat the above.
🤰Side of hip (TFL + ITB)
Can provide discomfort on side of hip and down the side of the leg especially when side laying.
To treat:
1. Turn on side and place the ball between the wall and the side of your hip. Rock back-and-forth around that area until you feel the spot and then lean into it until you feel the area soften and disperse.
2. For a TFL stretch. Supporting yourself, pick that hip up slightly then cross the same leg behind the other and kick your hip out to create the stretch down your leg.
🤰Shoulders (Rotator Cuff, Rhomboids + Traps)
There are a-lot of muscles in your shoulders surrounding your rotator cuff that can cause discomfort due to the change in your posture, increase in breast size and side laying throughout pregnancy.
To treat:
1. Place the ball behind your back and lean against the wall. Roll around to massage the area then sit into the trigger point until you feel the discomfort soften and release. Repeat as needed in the shoulder area.
