Trigger Point Therapy Use in the Manchester Chiropractic Treatment Plan

"Oh, that's the spot, Doc!"

Patients are frequently amazed that we can locate, just by feeling, the painful area. Trigger points are highly sensitive areas in muscle bands that trigger painful responses and are characterized by increased discomfort in the patient and a noticeable hardness to the doctor or therapist. Trigger points are not just tender nodules, but they affect the surrounding muscle and tissues.

A type of soft tissue therapy, trigger point therapy, first coined by Dr. Janet Travell who treated President John F. Kennedy for his back pain, is established on the theory that pain in one part of the body can actually be brought about by an injury or dysfunction somewhere else. chiropractic treatment of the spinal nerve injuries and dysfunctions is complementary.

Manchester chiropractic trigger point therapy in the leg

Trigger points are spots of sensitivity in a muscle. Trigger point therapy incorporates applied pressure to these painful, sensitive spots in order to relieve their pain and dysfunction as well as pain in other areas of the body. Sometimes massage and trigger point therapy are applied together. Theoretically, active trigger points cause muscle pain which passes pain and tenderness to other parts of the body when pressed. Latent trigger points are those that don't have pain unless pressed, but they are thought to bring about joint stiffness and decreased ranges of motion as we get older.

By including trigger point therapy, the doctor or therapist presses on these painful points to ease the muscle and tissues affected. Even as the application of pressure on a trigger point might cause your discomfort to become more apparent, it has the odd effect of feeling good at the same time. You will find that trigger point therapy in combination with your chiropractic Cox Technic treatment goes far to move you toward pain relief.

Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries offers trigger point therapy to maximize your healing. Ask Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries for more information.