{"title":"Theragun percussion therapy in Dudelange","content":"**The Theragun is a percussion gun that strikes the muscle at about 2400 percussions per minute, with an amplitude of about 16 mm. At the Pôle Equilibre & Santé practice, Bloc A, 48 Rue de la Libération in Dudelange, it is used for a few minutes to gain range or release a muscle mass before or after exercise. It is not a treatment for tendinopathy.**\n\n## Cadence, amplitude, attachments\n\nAbout **2400 percussions per minute**, amplitude of about **16 mm**: contact is deeper than a surface vibration. Attachments (ball, cone, large head, thumb shape) change the contact surface: large masses (quadriceps, calf, back) or more localised points. Intensity is adjusted continuously. We avoid treating bone as if it were muscle.\n\nUseful duration: **2 to 5 minutes per region**, rarely more. Longer is not more effective and can irritate the skin or a superficial nerve. The application occupies a fraction of the session, as a preamble or a conclusion. The heart of a tendinopathy remains progressive loading, not the gun.\n\n## An immediate, transient effect\n\nKonrad (2020): five minutes of percussion on the calf increase ankle range, without lowering strength. A 2023 review (Sams et al., *IJSPT*) confirms this **immediate** effect on flexibility. It does not show that percussion cures chronic pain. We therefore use it to prepare an exercise or to release afterwards, never in place of a loading programme, never in place of [manual therapy](/dudelange/competence/therapie-manuelle) when the need is articular.\n\nIn [sports physiotherapy](/dudelange/competence/kinesitherapie-du-sport), the gun can prepare or conclude active work. A tense trapezius from a sedentary job too, provided the picture does not point to a cervical emergency.\n\n## Areas to avoid\n\nWe do not apply percussion on bone, acute inflammation, a wound, the front of the neck, suspected venous thrombosis, large varices, a recent fracture. A hot, painful calf is not an indication: it is a reason for medical advice. Pregnancy: we avoid the abdomen. Anticoagulant, a superficial implant, severe osteoporosis: we adapt or we abstain.\n\nClothing: garments that give access to the muscle, clean skin, no oil (the head slips). Prescription. A light meal.\n\n## After a few minutes\n\nIf contact is unpleasant, we lower or we move. Pain that radiates, a bruise that is forming, a nerve discharge: we stop. Driving is generally possible. Percussion is not a complete match warm-up, nor a solution to an unsuitable work chair.\n\nResults: a few degrees of range and a feeling of release **immediately**. The next day, the flexibility effect has often faded — hence the exercise that follows. Plantar fascia or an Achilles tendinopathy are judged on walking and loading exercises, not on calf relaxation under the attachment.\n\nA consumer device can relax a muscle. Knowing when, where and at what power, within a rehabilitation plan, avoids risk areas. If you come only for the gun, that is not a complete physiotherapy session.\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n\nHow should I prepare and what should I wear?
\n\nClothing that uncovers the muscle, clean skin, prescription. Mention an anticoagulant, a wound, a hot calf, a recent fracture.\n\n \n\n\nHow long does the percussion last?
\n\nTwo to five minutes per region, often three to eight minutes in total, at the opening or at the end of the session. The rest of the time goes to exercises and manual techniques.\n\n \n\n\nDoes it hurt, and is a shop device enough?
\n\nThe rapid rhythm is generally well tolerated. We adapt as soon as an area is sensitive. To massage a calf at home, sometimes. Knowing when and where, within a care plan, is something else.\n\n \n\n\nWhat if it hurts during the exercise that follows?
\n\nPercussion does not authorise forcing a tendon. Exercise pain is dosed as usual. A bruise or bone pain after the gun should be reported.\n\n \n\n\nCan I drive, and when can I resume sport or work?
\n\nDriving is generally possible. Desk work: according to pain. Sport: the gun is not a return-to-play criterion; strength and control are.\n\n \n\n\nWhat contraindications, what timelines, is it reimbursed?
\n\nBone, acute inflammation, a wound, suspected phlebitis, the front of the neck, certain areas. Immediate release is possible; a tendinopathy is judged over weeks of loading. On medical prescription, the [CNS](https://cns.public.lu/) covers the session according to the usual rules. The practice handles the paperwork. See [the physiotherapy consultation](/dudelange/kinesitherapie/consultation-kine).\n\n \n\n\nHow can I book an appointment?
\n\nBy phone on [+352 26 65 15 33](tel:+35226651533). Practice at Bloc A, 48 Rue de la Libération, L-3511 Dudelange — [Contact & access](/dudelange/contact).\n\n \n\n## Find out more\n\n- [Manual therapy](/dudelange/competence/therapie-manuelle)\n- [Sports physiotherapy](/dudelange/competence/kinesitherapie-du-sport)\n- [Our equipment](/dudelange/equipement)\n\n"}