Post Isometric Relaxation Technique

Post Isometric Relaxation (PIR) is a hands-on technique for muscles that are tight, tense or guarding against being stretched. Rather than pushing into that resistance directly, your kinesiologist works with the muscle's own reflexes to get it to release.

You'll be moved gently to the point where the muscle feels mild tension — never pain — then asked to resist lightly, using only a small fraction of your strength, for several seconds. When you relax, the muscle typically lengthens further than it would have otherwise, and the process repeats into that new range.

Each cycle is brief — a light resistance for around 7 to 10 seconds, then a release — repeated several times as your kinesiologist works progressively deeper into the restriction.