Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger Points are areas of hyper-irritability within soft tissue structures, characterized by local tenderness and sometimes referred phenomena. These referred sensations can include pain, tingling, numbness burning, or itching.
Active trigger point: Cause of the Immediate pain, prevents muscle from fully lengthening and sometimes weakens.
Latent trigger point: Unnoticed by the client until pressure is applied and they are not actively painful. Usually feels dense and fibrous.
Sign’s of trigger points:
- Restricted movement, weakness or stiffness.
- Passive or active stretching increases pain
- Resisted contraction causes pain
- Subcutaneous tissue feels tight or knotted
- Deep tenderness and paresthesia
- Dizziness
- Hyper irritability
- Increased metabolism
- Decreased circulation
- Causes of trigger points
- Acute overload, overwork, fatigue, direct trauma.
- Skeletal asymmetry such as short leg or pelvic imbalances.
- Arthritic joints can cause trigger points.
- Visceral diseases such as ulcers, renal colic, gall stones, kidney problems & irritable bowel syndrome
- B-6, magnesium, vitamin C, folic acid deficiencies which are common after injuries or trauma may cause trigger points
- Hypoglycaemias
- Chronic infection from a viral or bacterial disease.
- Food allergies or intolerance. Wheat and dairy products should be checked first.
- Toxicity due to exposure to organic chemicals or heavy metals
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