Trigger point injection (TPI) may be an option for treating pain in some patients. TPI is a procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that ...

Pain between the trigger point and the referred area may feel like it's radiating out along the same muscle. Latent trigger point Instead, they restrict movement and cause weakness.

active trigger points: These trigger points are nodules within a taut band of muscle. They’re typically the source of muscular pain. They’re very tender, cause referred pain, and produce a ...

A trigger point is a point in the soft tissue (muscle, skin, ligament, tendon) that triggers pain when it is touched or stressed. The trigger point develops because there is too much strain on the ...

Dr. Norman Harden, director of Center for Pain Studies Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago talks about experiencing pain at a location distant from the trigger point, or referred pain.

"That means that the classical acupoint was in the same body region as the trigger point, was used for the same type of pain problem, and the trigger point referred pain pattern followed the ...

An active trigger point can cause pain at rest and pain that is referred to other sites. A latent trigger point may interfere with movement or cause muscle weakness, but is usually not associated ...

“That means that the classical acupoint was in the same body region as the trigger point, was used for the same type of pain problem, and the trigger point referred pain pattern followed the ...

Symptoms and Signs of Myofascial Pain Syndrome. Typical features of myofascial pain syndrome include presence of trigger points within the taut band in the muscle, referred pain and local twitch ...