Trigger Point Therapy Use in the Groton Chiropractic Treatment Plan
"Oh, that's the spot, Doc!"
Patients are often amazed that we can locate, just by feeling, the painful area. Trigger points are very sensitive spots in muscle bands that provoke painful responses and are identified by heightened soreness 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 form of soft tissue therapy, trigger point therapy, first formulated by Dr. Janet Travell who treated President John F. Kennedy for his back pain, is based on the theory that pain in one part of the body can in fact be caused by an injury or dysfunction somewhere else. chiropractic treatment of the spinal nerve injuries and dysfunctions is complementary.
Trigger points are areas of sensitivity in a muscle. Trigger point therapy involves the application of pressure to these sore, 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 used together. Theoretically, active trigger points bring about muscle pain which passes pain and tenderness to other areas of the body when pressed. Latent trigger points are those that don't hurt unless pressed, but they are presumed to bring about joint stiffness and decreased ranges of motion as we age.
By incorporating trigger point therapy, the doctor or therapist presses on these painful points to relax the muscle and tissues affected. Even as the applied pressure on a trigger point may cause your pain to become more apparent, it has the odd effect of feeling good at the same time. You will discover that trigger point therapy in combination with your chiropractic Cox Technic treatment does wonders to move you toward pain relief.
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office provides trigger point therapy to enhance your healing. Ask Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office for more information.