Trigger Point Therapy Use in the Baton Rouge Chiropractic Treatment Plan

Name: Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers
Address: USA

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

Patients are frequently astonished 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 differentiated by heightened pain in the patient and a noticeable hardness to the doctor or therapist. Trigger points are not just sensitive 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 based on the theory that pain in one 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.

Baton Rouge chiropractic trigger point therapy in the leg

Trigger points are spots of sensitivity in a muscle. Trigger point therapy incorporates applied pressure to these sore, sensitive spots in order to relieve their pain and dysfunction as well as pain in other parts of the body. Sometimes massage and trigger point therapy are used together. Theoretically, active trigger points bring about muscle pain which transfers 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 cause joint stiffness and reduced ranges of motion as we age.

By incorporating trigger point therapy, the doctor or therapist puts pressure on these painful points to relax the muscle and tissues affected. Even as the applied pressure on a trigger point might 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 connection with your chiropractic Cox Technic treatment does wonders to move you toward pain relief.

Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers offers trigger point therapy to maximize your healing. Ask Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers for more information.