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I get asked quite a lot, what is a trigger point/ muscle knot?

You know a trigger point when you touch one. Have you ever had a “friend” give you a massage and instead of being thankful that another human being is willing to touch you, you wince in pain as they touch certain parts of your upper shoulders or middle-to-upper back? You know what I'm talking about. Those hot spots where any touch is painful and usually cause you to leap or squirm away uncontrollably… well that's a trigger point.

📍TRIGGER POINTS.
Trigger points, also known as trigger sites or muscle knots, are described as hyper-irritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers.

Pain frequently radiates from these points of local tenderness to broader areas, sometimes distant from the trigger point itself. Practitioners claim to have identified reliable referred pain patterns which associate pain in one location with trigger points elsewhere.

Compression of a trigger point may elicit local tenderness, referred pain, or local twitch response. The local twitch response is not the same as a muscle spasm. This is because a muscle spasm refers to the entire muscle contracting whereas the local twitch response also refers to the entire muscle but only involves a small twitch, no contraction.

📍WHAT CAN CAUSE A TRIGGER POINT?

As if you even had to ask. Trigger Points are those tiny knots that develop in a muscle when it is injured or overworked, commonly a cause of most joint pain, they are known to cause headaches, neck and jaw pain, low back pain, tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome.

📍WHAT TO DO?

We have trigger points and knots in our fascia that have parts of us all wound-up. We need to work them, we can do this with sports massage therapy or self massage release, this can release tension in allowing the fascia to move freer. This in turn provides increased range of motion, reduction of pain, lessening of inflammation and stiffness within soft tissues, as well is ideal for post-workout recovery and maintaining overall, “good” functionality of the muscular system.

If you need help with this Bodyworx is here to help! 💆‍♀️

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