Posted on Apr 30, 2008 | Comments 0 Trigger point therapy is
also termed as “myofascial trigger point therapy”. This is a
body work method that consists of applying the pressure to the
tender muscle tissues to get relief from pain and dysfunction in
other parts of your body. Sometimes, massage technique and
trigger point therapy are performed jointly. You will get a
doubt that what are the trigger points. These are basically the
areas of tenderness in the muscles. There are two types of
trigger points in your body, one is active and the other is
latent. Active trigger points develop muscular pain and when the
pressure is applied, they transmit the pain and tenderness to
other areas of the body. Besides the pain, active trigger points
can cause: muscle weakness, limited range of motions, numbness
and tingling. Latent trigger points exhibit pain only when they
are compressed and they do not pass pain to other areas of your
body. These points are considered as one of the main causes of
stiff joints and limited r