The trigger points that I most often treat are on the upper back between the shoulder blades ( related: chronic neck pain). You know the spot. It's the area that starts to ache when you've been working on your computer too long. But a trigger point can form on any muscle throughout the body.
A trigger point is a little knot or tight string in a muscle that refers pain to a wider area. But due to the vagaries of everyone's individual anatomy and wiring of the nervous system, a trigger point may actually refer pain anywhere in the body. Little lumps that do not refer pain are "latent trigger points" and they may grow into active ones later.
Once we find an active trigger point, I work that area with a variety of techniques. The most common way to work it out is by holding firm but gentle pressure on it until the muscle releases, or by guiding the client through a series of stretches and range of motion with the joint
Neuromuscular therapy is using the same techniques used in the treatment of trigger points with a focus on reprogramming the muscle to it's new length and new state of being. We also do some Myofacial release while working the trigger point to influence new length and reduction in facial adhesions in the muscle. The body needs time to process and needs specific techniques to help it achieve optimum performance and posture. We use trigger point therapy and Neuromuscular therapy along with some myofacial release as tools in that process
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