Treating trigger points and reducing pain I’ve written about trigger points before. They’re gnarly places in a muscle or soft tissue region of the body that totally elicits pain, localized or referred, when it gets pressed. As physiotherapists, we can treat trigger points and reduce or completely abolish the pain that they cause. We use instruments, …
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Trigger Points and Muscle Pain: A Physical Therapist’s Approach Written by: YUCHIN CHANG, PT, DPT, OCS, CMTPT Have you ever had painful spots in your muscles? And they are just so tight and sore that you cannot rub them out? Even when you have been very disciplined with your stretching routines, you still cannot eliminate …
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Dry Needling May Help Your Muscle Pain Caused by Trigger Points Written by: Yuchin Chang, PT, DPT, OCS, CMTPT What is a Trigger Point? A Trigger Point is a hyper-irritable spot in a taut band of a muscle, which often can cause pain spontaneously. Trigger points can be the result of trauma, poor posture, …
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