Outpost In Iraq

LT Emre Albayrak Request To Trigger Point

“I am writing to you from an outpost in Iraq where I am currently deployed.  I have been using Trigger Point products for the past 5 years and have always seen amazing results. Trigger Point products have helped me work through numerous issues that come as a result of being a competitive age group duathlete and the daily demands of my job.  So it was a let down when I couldn’t pack my trigger point kit with me to Iraq due to space and weight restrictions.  Once we got into the country the rigors of being on my feet all day, patrolling with body armor, being crammed in humvees seats for hours on end and trying to stay active by running started taking its toll on my body, and manifested itself in the early forms of plantar fasciitis in my left foot.

Upon hearing that I was trying to get a Plantar Kit mailed out to me in Iraq so that I could keep functioning in a relatively pain free manner, and not letting down my team or fellow Marines, Cassidy Phillips and the Trigger Point family was kind enough to send me a Plantar Fasciitis Kit.  I have been using the PF kit on a daily basis in between our busy schedules and already I can feel the pain going away and the elasticity coming back to my soleus.  I just wanted to thank everyone at Trigger Point Performance Therapy for making such a superior product and supporting your loyal customers even if they are halfway around the world in an active combat zone.  You have kept me in the fight, thank you.”

LT Emre Albayrak
Military Transition Team 221

Ultimate Six Class

Trigger Point had a very successful Ultimate Six Class. The class was located at the Rogue Annex in Austin, TX. The participants were from New Zealand, Canada and the US. The class was 2 days long giving everyone who participated and in-depth understanding of the TP tools, education and methodologies.

Each participant learned new applications with the TP tools while also having many questions answered. The class was able to contribute previous experience, stories and information that they had gathered through using the TP products. Because we had such a versatile group everyone was able to learn and share information. Having a class that could draw from each others experience brought out new information and knowledge. Trigger Point wants to thank everyone for participating in the Austin U6 class. We are looking forward to the next class that will be held in Glen Burnie MD., and hope to see the same enthusiasm and dedication from all who participate.

A Grand Canyon Sized Pain in the Knee

Cosmo Raines, a Trigger Point user, gives you a look into his adventure at the Grand Canyon and how the TP products helped him to finish his trip.

“OK, I will admit it – I set out to hike the Grand Canyon (North Rim to Phantom Ranch) with too much weight and not enough training. Carrying 40+ lbs of camera equipment (plus food, water, clothes, etc.) I descended the well marked trail with a cool North wind at my back and my three friends in front of me. Being an amateur photographer who had never been this way before, I was captivated by the ‘enormitude’ of the canyon. However, as I stopped to take amazing pictures, my crew rarely ceased their trail pounding. After each time I stopped to compose, I turned to find them a hundred or more yards in front of me. I would run and catch up, then stop to shoot, then run again… I guess my IT band did not get the message that I would be doing this for 14 miles and 5,000 feet of decent. About half way through the hike, it seized and brought me to an abrupt halt. It was like a ball-peen hammer was striking the side of my left knee with every step. I thought about living there at mile 7 for the rest of my life, but just did not see the rangers accepting my excuse.

Now, along with my (unwisely packed) heavy equipment, I also (wisely) packed a TP Massage Ball – just in case. So, I gave some of my equipment to my great pals, and at every stop along the way (i.e. fewer photo ops), I rubbed that TP Massage Ball deep into my thigh, knee, calf, soleus – anywhere and everywhere from my hip on down. Painful, yet quite effective – otherwise I would be sending this message via smoke signals. It was still a difficult hike to the bottom and then back to the top, but with my three amigos and my TP Massage Ball, I made it out, with frames to spare.

I was also able to save a fellow hiker (about 50 years old), whom I met on the return hike, from great pain, when both of his calf muscles cramped. It had happened to him on the same hike the year before, when it took him 5 hours to finish the last mile of the hike. He felt them seize with about 3 miles to go and I could tell from the look in his eyes he did not want to go through that again. I pulled out the TP Massage Ball, showed him how and where to roll it, and within 5 minutes, he was back on the trail – pain free. As I understand it, as soon as he got back to civilization, he ordered the whole set of Trigger Point products. Pain relief sure is a great selling point for someone who sees immediate results and wants to keep hiking that Grand Canyon, year after year.”