All approaches aim to increase blood flow to areas of tension and to release painful knots of muscle known as “trigger points”. “Trigger (A) _________ are tense areas of muscle that are almost constantly contracting,” says Kippen. “The contraction causes pain, which in tum causes contraction, so you have a vicious circle. This is what (B) _________ tissue massage aims to break.” The way to do this, as I found out under Ogedengbe’s elbow, is to apply pressure to the point, stopping the blood flow, and then to release, which causes the brain to flood the affected area with blood, encouraging the (C) ________ to relax. At the same time, says Kippen, you can fool the tensed muscle into relaxing by applying pressure to a (D) ________ one nearby. “If you cause any muscle to contract, its opposite will expand. So, you try to trick the body into relaxing the muscle that is in spasm.”

body             complementary              muscle              deep              points             places

Sportswomen’s records are important and need to be preserved. And if the paper records (A) _________ exist, we need to get out and start (B) _________ people, not to put too fine a point on it, while we still have a chance. After all, if the (C) __________ aren’t kept in some form or another, then the stories are lost too.

records           also            too          doesn’t           don’t          interview          interviewing