{"id":737,"date":"2015-03-08T07:07:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T07:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/painremovers.apps-1and1.net\/?p=737"},"modified":"2023-05-11T22:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:15:41","slug":"what-is-a-trigger-point-and-how-does-it-cause-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/painremovers.co.nz\/index.php\/what-is-a-trigger-point-and-how-does-it-cause-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Trigger Point and how does it cause pain?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A trigger point is a small contraction knot in the expanse of a muscle. It can feel hard and knobbly like a frozen pea. When touched or pressed the client will usually give an involuntary “jump sign”.<\/p>\n

This is caused by the high irritability of the nerves in that particular area. When compressed, a Trigger Point will often be exquisitely tender and lead to referred pain in other areas of the body. These are sometimes quite far away. I.e. finding a TP around your shoulder blade could produce an aching sensation in your arm or wrist.<\/p>\n

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How does it do that? As opposed to a muscle spasm, which affects the whole muscle, a TP will only cause a small contraction knot in the muscle.<\/p>\n

This knot produces a tight band (a tissue distortion). It is along these tissue distortions that pain can travel into remote areas.<\/p>\n

The name thus stems from the idea that if you press a TP it will “trigger” pain in remote areas of the problem spot.<\/p>\n

Trigger Point pain is usually steady, dull, aching and deep and can vary in intensity from very low grade to almost disabling.<\/p>\n

This pain can sometimes be dormant. It could be that it will only bother you when you sleep, or when you bend in a certain way, or only when you feel cold.<\/p>\n

Want to find read more? Visit www.pain-education.com\/trigger-points.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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A trigger point is a small contraction knot in the expanse of a muscle. It can feel hard and knobbly like a frozen pea. When touched or pressed the client will usually give an involuntary “jump sign”. This is caused by the high irritability of the nerves in that particular area. 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