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+====== Trigger point therapy ======
+Trigger points are described as hyper-irritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers. Trigger point researchers believe that palpable nodules are small contraction knots and a common cause of pain. Compression of a trigger point may elicit local tenderness, pain elsewhere, or local twitch response.
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+When I was studying [trigger point therapy], I read the two volumes by Travell & Simons.
+I recall that they said besides the ordinary trigger points that develop from muscle strain, if one has a diseased organ (e.g. heart, gallbladder, etc.), sometimes it can prompt development of a trigger point in a muscle nearby....
+If you identify a trigger point, there are do-it-yourself instructions that can sometimes really help.  Instead of the anaesthetic that is used by a practitioner, there is a special technique [in which ice is used]. ...
+It might be that if you could release one or more trigger points it could make a big difference.  Once they arise, they can be self-perpetuating.
+//**Joyce Waterhouse, PhD**// </blockquote>
+==== Read more =====
+  * //The trigger point therapy workbook: your self-treatment guide for pain relief, second edition// – self-help book designed to help the layperson to treat themselves for painful trigger points with massage
+    * [[http://www.triggerpointbook.com/|selections available from author's website]]
+    * [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572243759|book available on Amazon.com]]
+  * //[[http://www.amazon.com/Travell-Simons-Myofascial-Pain-Dysfunction/dp/0683307711/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242767525&sr=1-1|Travell & Simons' myofascial pain and dysfunction: the trigger point therapy workbook]]// – a two-volume manual
+{{tag>non-MP_therapies}}
+===== Notes and comments =====
+  * Legacy content
+    * http://www.marshallprotocol.com/view_topic.php?id=4446&forum_id=37&jump_to=75446#p75446 s102
+  *
+=====References=====

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