Trigger point therapy

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What are Trigger Points?

Trigger points are points of tension in muscle tissue that are highly sensitive and can cause pain that is typically localised or even radiating. They are typically perceived as muscle knots, but the pain and stiffness can also cause movement restriction.

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What kind of problem is Trigger point therapy used for?

Trigger points and tender points, in addition to causing local or radiating pain, also increase the spasm of the muscle, which can lead to further complaints/symptoms. Among others, tendon overload, tendopathy, cartilage and meniscus injury, arthrosis, spinal disorders, disc disorders, radiating pains, pseudoradicular symptoms, facial, tooth and head pain.

Trigger points can occur in 3 stages on our body:

• Active Trigger Point: painful to the touch, pain that is familiar to the patient or radiates to a specific area.
• Latency trigger point: it is painful to the touch, but the patient is not familiar with this pain, but it radiates to a specific area.
• Initial Trigger Point: this lump is in the process of forming, it is locally painful to the touch, it does not radiate.

The essence of trigger point therapy is that treatment at the right point (mainly pressure) reduces pain and relieves stiffness after one or a few sessions.