Trigger Point Therapy

Trigger point injection therapy is used for pain relief caused by trigger points. These points represent dense knots of muscles that are sensitive to pressure, touch and irritate surrounding nerves.

Understanding Trigger Points

Weakened, inflamed or overstretched muscles heal in a way that leads to tight, twisted or knotted ones. The knotted fibers restrict blood flow to the muscles, and it keeps them tight and stiff, causing pain and a restricted range of motion. Trigger points impact the muscle’s willingness to stretch or contract, making movement painful. Referred pain radiates to another area of the body. The trigger points are very tight muscle areas and form for a variety of reasons:

  • Traumatic injury

  • Muscle tension

  • Pinched spinal nerves

  • Muscle over-exertion

  • Muscle spasms

  • Muscle inflammation

  • Past surgery

  • Inflamed or injured tendons or ligaments or muscle fascia

  • Poor posture

  • Muscle overuse involving repetitive movements

Trigger Point Injections Treatment

  • Muscle pain in the neck, lower back, leg, and arms

  • Fibromyalgia pain

  • Myofascial pain syndrome

  • Tension headaches

  • Sciatica

  • Temporomandibular pain

How is the procedure performed?

  1. Patient sits or lies down.

  2. Physician locates the trigger point targeted for injection via manual palpitation.

  3. A numbing solution may or may not be applied before the injection.

  4. A small needle is inserted into the trigger point.

  5. An injection of an anesthetic or mixture of anesthetics, with a corticosteroid added sometimes, is made directly into the trigger point via the needle.

  6. More than one trigger point can be injected

This Treatment is Good For..

  • Back

  • Hip

  • Shoulder

  • Neck

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