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Originally Posted by ocgirl
Information on the foam roll
There are very different opinions about the use of the foam roll and tos.
I will only give you my experience.
I was fortunate enough to have a session with the physical therapist Dr.Peter Edgelow. He is considered the tos expert of physical therapy.
When my session was over he asked if I wanted to stay and sit in on the sessions of other tos patients(with their permission)
It was very informative.
Peter Edgelow's protocol for thoracic outlet is a very slow and careful progression through some very gentle and unusual exercises.
Before you can progress to the next exercise you must make sure that it is not harming your body.
They way he checks to see if the you are ready for the next exercise is to use a device to check the temperature of your coldest finger before and after you do the exercise.
It's like a biofeedback device only it is an indoor/outdoor thermometer that you can buy at radio shack. It had a long cord that you tape on your finger. It measures the temperature of your finger in a few seconds.
He had this patient who was ready to progress to the next exercise which was the foam roll.
He checked the temperature of her coldest finger with the indoor/outdoor thermometer before using the foam roll and recorded the result.
He next had her use the foam roll with his direction.
Then after she was done he checked the temperature of her coldest finger. It had dropped in temperature several degrees!
It was his conclusion that she was NOT ready to progress to the foam roll. The drop in her finger temperature was a sign that the foam exercise was putting a stress on her body.
Edgelow is very willing to talk to patients and work with physical therapists on what he knows about tos patients.
www.edgelow.com
People with tos are so different, what is ok for one is disasterous for another.
Just my experience.
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That makes a lot of sense. I honestly don't think I'm ready for a foam roll yet, even just using a small towel rolled up is too much for me right now.