Trigger Point Therapy

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Each day, 25 million Americans take a pain medication. Some of these people take medication daily for chronic pain. Most of these people prefer to avoid the possible long-term effects of these pills. Trigger Point Therapy works to relieve chronic, muscular pain without oral medication. This is a universally well-received combination of clinically proven methods for the treatment of chronic muscular pain anywhere in the body. It is particularly well suited for chronic upper back pain, lower back pain, neck, and head pain.

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Trigger points (myofascial pain) are small “knots” or areas of spasm, within a muscle. They may be tender when touched or cause shortening of a muscle. The shortening may then cause limitation in the range of motion of the affected area (for example, in neck rotation). Trigger points may even cause “referred pain” – pain that is felt in a distant location when the trigger point is touched. The pain from these points may come and go spontaneously, or linger hours, days, or even months. These little spasms within the muscle are physical knots which are responsible for the discomfort, pain, soreness, or tightness that is felt. These knots may produce a chronically sore and shortened muscle.

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What Causes Trigger Points?

Though, there are many different causes, some of the most common causes of trigger points are:

Accidents
Misuse
Overuse
Misalignments
Disc Problems
Other Spinal Problems.

The resulting inflammation, along with emotional stressors, cause muscles to contract. When the muscles contract continuously, thereby constricting their own blood supply, there is a local “energy crisis” for the cells. When this occurs, the cells do not have enough energy to stop contracting, and prolonged spasm and trigger points ensue.