thats the muscletrac device
Like I said...maybe he is site injecting but 4 bruises in a row (one top)(one light one in the middle)(one that looks below the bicep)(one in the crook of the arm) on his front arm and then one really really large one on the brach and tricep (side arm)....either worst site injector ever or someone is using a muscletrac or tool on him deep tissue wise.
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Jay Cutler gets beat up: it happens regularly and he likes it
When most of us think of a massage, we envision warm oil and a tender touch--a soothing sensual experience. Jay Cutler has a different idea. For him, a massage is an adventure in pain that frequently leaves him battered and bruised. Welcome to the vanguard of sports massage, where muscles are crunched, prodded and scraped for nearly two hours straight, all to enhance flexibility and boost recovery and growth.
ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER | When he lived in Southern California, Cutler received neuromuscular massages from Steve Murphy, who has subsequently worked with such champs as Melvin Anthony. After moving to Las Vegas, Cutler went through two massage therapists. Just after this year's Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic, a friend recommended Angel Avalos, an expert in the latest deep-tissue techniques. Avalos, who has been a massage therapist for eight years, has a background in bodybuilding. Still, she was unprepared for the sight of the three-time Arnold Classic winner striding from his Hummer to her office at Integrated Healthcare of Nevada.
Avalos jokes that she nearly ran out the back door. "But it went great," she recalls. "As soon as I put my hands on him, I realized this was a very unique individual in terms of his musculature and the health of his tissue. He's an amazing athlete. I saw a challenge, and I was ready to take it. I feel honored to be part of what he's doing and hopefully help him win the Mr. Olympia."
Cutler remembers his first day with Avalos. "I went home and [my wife] Kerry said, 'What happened to you?' She couldn't believe the damage. I was black and blue, but I loved it."
PAINFUL BREAKUPS | The key objective of the twice weekly 90- to 120-minute massages is to break up scar tissue that develops as a reaction to weight training. These adhesions limit the muscles' range of motion and consequently restrict growth. Much of Avalos' work is done with smooth scrapers. These tools are key components in the Graston-Hall Method--an intense massage technique recently approved for usage without a doctor's supervision.
"This is a pressure bar," Avalos says, as she digs a tool resembling a mini-dumbbell into Cutler's inner back. "The bar can get in a lot deeper, and I can hold the pressure for a lot longer than I could with my fingers. It allows me to really sink in there, like right here how I'm getting up underneath his traps. I'm also using two hands [to apply] pressure. Initially, I try to loosen the layers from superficial to deep [levels], starting with his traps. Now they're loose, so I can sneak up underneath and get to his rhomboids and serratus."
Cutler doesn't make a sound. When I ask how it feels, he answers, "It hurts, brother."
"He has such a high threshold for pain," Avalos says. "He's really good about relaxing. With massage, if the person is tensing throughout the treatment, it's defeating the purpose. As you're trying to work on one muscle, other muscles are spasming. From his experience with deep-tissue massage and, of course, working out the way he does, he's actually able to lay there and relax and let me do the work I need to do without tensing up on me." Then she adds with a laugh, "But then he tells me later how much it hurt."
Avalos scrapes with the smooth Graston-Hall bars and Cutler's back grows progressively redder as more and more blood (and its nutrients) flows into the area. The tools vibrate as she rubs them over scar tissue, so she knows just where to focus most. "What I'm doing is going with the direction of his muscle fibers to break down the cross-fibers that have been laid down from his workouts. The cross-fibers are your body's way of coping with workout stress, and they limit flexibility and growth," Avalos explains.
DEEP DISH | "If you're an active bodybuilder, you want to get a deep-tissue massage at least on occasion to tear down the scar tissue and keep the muscles pliable," she adds. "You probably won't be able to go to the extent Jay does at first, but massage is very beneficial for anyone."
"This kind of massage is almost like a workout," Cutler says as Avalos digs into his pectorals. "She's basically beating my whole body up, and I have to recover from it. To me, if it hurts, that means it's working. When I go into the gym, if I don't feel some sort of pain or burn, that means I'm not working hard enough. It's the same thing in here." As Avalos' fingertips disappear into Cutler's chest, he winces. "See, now that doesn't feel good at all. It hurts like hell, but it works wonders."
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Again, atrophy of the muscle will result, as it is no longer receiving the proper signals, or stimulus, from the central nervous system and therefore not being properly stimulated during training. In Jay's case, we originally thought that disk compression in his spine was causing the atrophy in his right arm and leg.
As time went on, we discovered that the nerve impingement was actually the result of excessive scar tissue accumulation in those areas. Oddly, in his leg, it turned out to be his hamstring that was to blame. Once the scar tissue had been broken up, we saw improvements in his hamstring separation and fullness, but the real surprise was when the right quadriceps began to grow again, regaining the former size it had displayed several years ago. The scar tissue was broken up by deep-tissue work, but of a type far more aggressive and invasive than what your neighborhood massage therapist would be capable of.
Essentially, the hamstring almost had to be torn again to free up the bound muscle and nerves. Twice a week on average, a therapist would work on the area with elbows as well as a tool resembling a blunt spoon, digging down deep and stripping the muscle from the scar tissue and adhesions. Jay reports that the pain was excruciating, and in photos he sent me he typically had bruises all over his body that made it look like he'd been beaten with baseball bats like the scene in "Casino."