![]() ![]() Trigger points can develop after an acute (lifting/carrying something heavy) or chronic (poor posture overload) muscle strain. The pain patterns for most muscles have been well established by Travell and Simons, a common example is the anterior fibres of the upper Trapezius muscles causes neck pain and temporal headaches. Essentially it is a tight area (knot) within a muscle that can cause spontaneous pain referral into a completely different area to where the muscle is. They are defined as a ‘hyperirritable locus within a taut band of skeletal muscle, located in the muscle tissue or its associated fascia’ (Travell and Simons 1983).
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