Trigger Point Therapy

Valerie DeLaune
ISBN 978-1-905367-25-2

Many people have not heard of trigger points, or have heard of them but don't know what they are. It is very common for people to develop some trigger point activity through occupational or recreational activities. The key thing about them is that they refer pain. This means a sore spot in one place, causes pain in another place.

Headaches are often trigger point related, they can cause dull tingling pain in the limbs, and the referral pattern for a trigger point deep in the buttock refers down the back of the leg and can be confused with sciatica.

Definition: Myofascial Trigger Points - Often very painful, or highly aggravating, areas in muscles causing pain, stiffness and limited range of motion, as well as other symptoms.