Trigger point injections may help relieve chronic muscle pain, including pain in your neck. These injections target “knots” in your muscles called trigger points that can cause pain, stiffness, and ...

This thermal image of the body highlights a region that contains common trigger points. We don’t know exactly how trigger points form but it is thought to be associated with chronic stretch or ...

This week we are going to revisit the topic of trigger point dry needling for muscular pain as I feel it is so important for the general population. Muscular pain comes in many varieties and one such ...

Muscle knots are highly irritated muscle fibers that have tightened into a ball in one area of your muscle. These painful, tender spots can feel sore and often occur in your upper back, shoulders, or ...

If you struggle with aching pain that affects your ability to play golf, finding—and releasing—trigger points could be the key to relieving your pain. Back pain, neck pain, knee pain, elbow pain, and ...

If you have migraines, your doctor may try a variety of treatments to find the ones that give you the most pain relief. Trigger point injections are among the options your doctor may use to ease your ...

Myofascial pain management and trigger point therapy represent a dynamic field aimed at alleviating neuromuscular pain stemming from hyperirritable nodules within taut muscle bands. Current ...

Even if you haven't heard of "trigger points," you probably still know what they is. Basically a fancy way of saying a muscle knot or kink, trigger point therapy refers to easing pain in an area on ...

Dr. Mohammad "Reza" Nourbakhsh, professor of physical therapy at the University of North Georgia (UNG), recently published a pair of articles about pain induced by muscular trigger points. The first ...

If you suffer from aches and pains in your neck, shoulders or back you may be interested in a new Trigger Point Rocker designed to help alleviate and correct issues with your spine alignment, neck ...

DENVER — Distracting chronic pain patients from trigger point injections (TPIs) by transporting them, via virtual reality (VR), to a beautiful beach complete with the soothing sound of waves helps ...