Trigger point therapy Rubbing, heat, exercise, pain killers can produce some brief relief. Most treatments are experimental and unreliable at best, and some have been disproven. The most widespread controversial treatment is dry needling (similar to acupuncture). Massage therapy is popular, and self...
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MTrPs may be inactivated by manual techniques (such as compression on the trigger point or other massage techniques), cooling the skin with ethyl chloride spray or with ice-cubes followed by stretching of the involved muscle, trigger point needling using an acupuncture needle, or injection with ...
I have lots of pain in my neck and it radiates down my arm. I like how you mention so causes could be because of poor posture. I work at a computer all day and I wonder if this could be a cause of my neck pain. I wonder if trigger point injections will help ease my pain. Tha...
Wellington: Autralian Society of Acupuncture Physiotherapists (ASAP); 2014. 27. Hong C. Lidocaine injection versus dry needling to myofascial trigger point. The importance of the local twitch response. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1994;73:256–263. Dovepress 28. Fernández-Carnero J, Gilarranz-de...
Wellington: Autralian Society of Acupuncture Physiotherapists (ASAP); 2014. 27. Hong C. Lidocaine injection versus dry needling to myofascial trigger point. The importance of the local twitch response. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1994;73:256–263. Dovepress 28. Fernández-Carnero J, Gilarranz-de...