Muscle Trigger Point Therapy
WHAT IS TRIGGER POINT THERAPY?
Trigger Point Therapy in East Providence RI, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, or Central Falls RI is one of the many techniques used by the chiropractors at DeCrescenzo Chiropractic to deal with muscle pain or myofascial pain.
A trigger point is not an area of scar tissue from an injury. It is an area of increased sensitivity in the muscle. A trigger point is a hyperirritable spot that is painful; it is called a trigger point because it "triggers" a painful response. But a trigger point is more than a tender nodule. It affects not only the muscle where the trigger point is located but also causes "referred pain" in tissues supplied by nerves.
Trigger points are located in a taut band of muscle fibers. The trigger point is the most tender point in the band. The therapist at DeCrescenzo Chiropractic will locate and deactivate them using finger pressure. One technique is to pick up the muscle fibers in a pincer grip.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRIGGER POINT THERAPY
- It is used to treat painful trigger points that cause referred pain.
- It took a while to get the muscle in that condition, and it will likely take more than one massage to get rid of it.
- These points are often areas of chronic "holding" and you need to learn how to move in different ways to keep them from recurring.
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