| In my San Antonio, Texas Massage and | | | | overworking or overstressing muscles, direct |
| Bodywork practice many of the people that | | | | trauma to muscles, or sustained chills. Trigger |
| come for treatment are seeking someone to help | | | | Points are often either the cause of, or a |
| them with muscular pain and chronic tension from | | | | contributing factor to, a wide variety of painful |
| Trigger Points. Not all of these people have heard | | | | conditions. |
| of Trigger Point Therapy but some have heard | | | | Trigger Point Therapy directly targets the trigger |
| that Trigger Point Therapy is an effective method | | | | points and the muscles in which they're found. In |
| of naturally relieving their muscular pain. What | | | | Trigger Point Therapy the Massage Therapist |
| they've heard is absolutely true. | | | | carefully seeks out the trigger points in a muscle |
| Like many Massage Therapists I use Trigger Point | | | | with their fingers and uses specific compression |
| Therapy when Trigger Points are present in a | | | | techniques, friction strokes, and stretches which |
| person's muscles. Trigger Points are hyperirritable | | | | make the trigger points release and seemingly |
| spots in muscles associated with a palpable "knot" | | | | melt away. The release of the trigger point usually |
| or "taut band" in the muscle tissue. Trigger Points | | | | results in a rapid decrease or complete elimination |
| are painful on compression and can refer pain and | | | | of muscular pain. Trigger Point Therapy is a |
| tenderness to other areas. Trigger Points are | | | | versatile technique and is often used to treat |
| usually ischemic and often cause an entire muscle | | | | back pain, Jaw (TMJ) pain, headaches and |
| to be painful, too tight, weak, and more easily | | | | migraines, whiplash, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder, |
| fatigued. Trigger Points can result from | | | | hip pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and more. |