Trigger point injections may help relieve chronic muscle pain, including pain in your neck. These injections target “knots” in your muscles called trigger points that can cause pain, stiffness, and ...

This week we are going to discuss a topic that we have discussed in the past, however, I feel it bears repeating as it is a very prevalent problem. The subject is trigger points of the musculature.

Trigger point injections can help treat some forms of chronic muscle pain. After your injections, you may experience some mild tenderness or soreness, but you can go back to your normal activities ...

Trigger points can arise from stress, anxiety, and even vitamin deficiencies. So how can they be treated? This thermal image of the body highlights a region that contains common trigger points. We don ...

If you struggle with aching pain that affects your ability to play golf, finding—and releasing—trigger points could be the key to relieving your pain. Back pain, neck pain, knee pain, elbow pain, and ...

Myofascial pain management and trigger point therapy represent a dynamic field aimed at alleviating neuromuscular pain stemming from hyperirritable nodules within taut muscle bands. Current ...

Muscle knots are highly irritated muscle fibers that have tightened into a ball in one area of your muscle. These painful, tender spots can feel sore and often occur in your upper back, shoulders, or ...

What Is Myofascial Pain Syndrome? Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a chronic pain disorder that affects the fascia (the connective tissue that covers the muscles) and causes inflammation. MPS may ...

Ancient acupuncture and modern myofascial pain therapy each focus on hundreds of similar points on the body to treat pain, although they do it differently, says a physician at Mayo Clinic who analyzed ...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common yet often misunderstood condition characterized by trigger points within the muscles or fascia (a type of connective tissue), leading to either acute or ...