Trigger Point Therapy Use in the Fernandina Beach Chiropractic Treatment Plan

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

Patients are frequently amazed that we can find, just by feeling, the painful spot. Trigger points are highly irritable spots in muscle bands that trigger painful responses and are identified by heightened pain in the patient and an apparent hardness to the doctor or therapist. Trigger points are not just sensitive nodules, but they affect the muscle and tissues in the surrounding area.

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

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

By including trigger point therapy, the doctor or therapist puts pressure on these painful points to ease the muscle and tissues affected. Even as the applied pressure on a trigger point might cause your soreness to become more noticeable, it has the strange effect of feeling good at the same time. You will discover that trigger point therapy in connection with your chiropractic Cox Technic treatment goes far to move you toward pain relief.

Amelia Chiropractic Clinic offers trigger point therapy to enhance your healing. Ask Amelia Chiropractic Clinic for more information.