Trigger Point Therapy

Relieve Painful & Tense Areas in Your Body

Trigger points are small, knotted, often taut areas in skeletal muscle and fascia. Muscles with trigger points are often painful or tender when touched. The pain of one trigger point can unexplainably radiate and refer pain to another area of the body, causing pain at a new site and creating a “ping-pong” pain phenomenon. For example, a trigger point in the back of the shoulder blade can refer pain into the front of the arm. The arm can then create a trigger point and refer pain into the wrist or hand, the wrist or hand can then create a trigger point somewhere else, and so on.

Fortunately, common Trigger Point referral patterns have been mapped. When they are identified, compressed and released, reduction of pain can be experienced at the original trigger point site, their secondary referral sites, and other areas of the body. This can significantly reduce chronic pain and soreness.

Trigger Point therapy is most effective in combination with MFR and other therapeutic techniques. To perform this style of therapeutic massage, we use a combination of direct pressure, stretching, and sometimes the use of a small hand tool for accuracy.