Ever wonder what can be done to help headaches, neck stiffness, carpal tunnel type symptoms, tennis elbow, bursitis, frozen shoulder, back pain, low back stiffness, sciatica, shin splints? Find a Doctor that is skilled with finding and treating trigger points and you just might find immediate relief for pain that has been afflicting you for years.

1. “The Number One (#1) Cause of Pain
Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About!”
by Perry Nickelston, DC, FMS, SFMA
Ever wonder what can be done to help headaches, neck stiffness, carpal tunnel type
symptoms, tennis elbow, bursitis, frozen shoulder, back pain, low back stiffness,
sciatica, shin splints? Find a Doctor that is skilled with finding and treating trigger points
and you just might find immediate relief for pain that has been afflicting you for years.
Trigger points are accumulations of waste products around a nerve receptor. Often times
they feel like nodules or taut bands of fibers within the soft tissues. Trigger points form
in muscles that have been overused, injured due to an accident or surgery. Common
characteristics are increased muscle tension and muscle shortening. Increased muscle
tension is the primary side effect of trigger points and pain is the most common
secondary effect.
Trigger points can present themselves as referred patterns of sensation (pain that
travels away from the trigger points) such as sharp pain, dull ache, tingling, pins and
needles, hot or cold, as well as can create symptoms such as nausea, ear ache,
equilibrium disturbance, or blurred vision. Trigger points can exist in two states, either
active or latent. Active trigger points are those that cause discomfort. Latent trigger
points wait silently in the muscle for a future stress to activate them. Aches and pains
which began in the past become more frequent and severe in intensity as we age. It is
common to attribute this discomfort to arthritis instead of our tight muscles which
harbor trigger points.
Trigger points are not visible with traditional medical testing such as MRI or X-ray and are
frequently over looked by most healthcare practitioners as the cause of your pain.
80% of the trigger point locations are common with acupuncture treatment locations.
When trigger points are not treated, they will create satellite trigger points in the
affected area. For instance, a trigger point in the trapezius muscle may cause a trigger
point to appear in the shoulder blade muscle. The trigger point in the shoulder blade is
the most common cause of shoulder pain, especially when exercising. And, voilà! - a
case of shoulder Rotator Cuff Syndrome. (Not good)
To break-up a trigger point, static compression (pressure) is applied for 10 seconds,
released, then pressure applied for 10 more seconds in a pumping action while the client
breathes deeply. This action flushes the toxins and calms the nerves. Releasing trigger

2. points releases endorphins so the result is elimination of discomfort as well as being
energized.
Determining which “muscle knot” is the one causing the pain is where the specialty comes
into play. Not all knots cause pain. That’s why traditional massages usually DO NOT work.
Trigger point massage is not a relaxing, "fluff and buff" technique. It requires the
participation of the client to communicate the presence and intensity of pain and
discomfort. The doctor and patient work together as a team to maximize the
effectiveness of the treatment to ensure long-term relief. It is common to find great
improvement after one treatment. Repeated treatment may be necessary for those
with chronic trigger points. Stretching should be done as "home work" to encourage the
muscles that have been treated to stay in a lengthened position.
One reason why people may not have improved with traditional medicine,
physical therapy or chiropractic is because these trigger points were never
released before treatment began. You cannot stretch, exercise, or rest away a
trigger point. It must be actively removed by specialized treatment before any
other type of therapy will help.
Research lists nutritional deficiencies or inadequacies as "perpetuating factors." A good
multi-vitamin supplement that is high in anti-oxidants and is in an encapsulated form
can help ensure that once treated, trigger points do not reform
Have given up hope? Are tired of suffering with pain and living on medication?
Help may be closer than you think!
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