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+ | ====== Trigger point therapy ====== | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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, | ||
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+ | 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, | ||
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+ | It might be that if you could release one or more trigger points it could make a big difference. | ||
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+ | //**Joyce Waterhouse, PhD**// </ | ||
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+ | ==== Read more ===== | ||
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+ | * //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 | ||
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+ | ===== Notes and comments ===== | ||
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+ | =====References=====</ | ||