Whenever you suffer with an injury or any sort of accident, it begun aching or paining from that place. What do you think then? Most of us think that the problem lies inside the part which is paining. But it is not necessary be like this forever. This pain can be due to the trigger points in the muscle fibers that lie away from the part which is paining.
Trigger points are the specific areas of tenderness in muscles that can be developed due to birth, injury, poor posture, overexertion etc. Muscles fibers are built of very small units which called sarcomeres. These sarcomeres are stretchy and contract and spread during any muscle movement. Even a slightest movement in body needed working of millions of sarcomeres. Sometimes these sarcomeres stay in contracted position and can't spread back which develops trigger points in those areas. Due to this hold contraction, blood flow stops in that particular area. This causes oxygen deficiency and accumulation of waste products. This irritates trigger points and they then send the pain signals to brain hence causing us feel pain in that particular area. This pain is termed as referred pain.
There Are Basically Two Types Of Trigger Points
Active trigger points:- These are the reason of muscular pain in the body and they pass on pain to another area when pressure is applied to them. These points also reason muscular weakness, numbness in muscles and tingling.
Latent trigger points: These points reasons pain only when they are pressed and pain is not moved to other areas. These points are the main reason of stiffness in body and limited motion of muscles in old age.
Trigger points are more differ from acupressure points as they might be felt physically in the body. Trigger points are liable for headache, pain in joints like knee, elbow, shoulders which are mostly considered to be due to arthritis, sport injury, tendinitis etc. This misunderstanding reasons difficulty in treatment as initially it is not identified.
This treatment developed to decrease pain due to trigger points. This helps in decreasing stiffness and swelling in muscular fibers. It boosts motion; decrease tension, boost circulation and flexibility of muscles hence resuming them to pain free movements. Trigger point therapy was developed by Dr. Janet Travel in the United States. This therapy is also called as myofascial trigger point therapy.
Trigger point therapy specifically releases your trigger points. In this therapist first of all create the concerned part inactive by injecting local anesthetic like corticosteroids. This lessens pain and then treatment begins which involve applying pressure to particular area. This reasons release of soft tissue and movement is recovered. Blood flow begins and muscle spasm is decreased. Along with this, there is neurological release that stops pain signals reaching to brain. During one visit numerous parts can be treated simultaneously. Sometimes massage therapy is also integrated along with this therapy.
This therapy is extremely helpful in treating muscle groups in arms, legs and neck. It helps in decreasing stress and fatigue and delivering relaxation. It eliminates accumulated metabolic wastes from the body which improves smooth blood flow.
You can also perform self treatment by applying pressure but have to be careful. So undergoing with this therapy can solve your problem of continuous and acute pain which might be occurring to you for a long time.
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