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Trigger Point
SFSM Trigger Point
Term | Definition |
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An approach for working with deep and often unconsciously held pain and tension patterns in the body. | trigger point release |
Self-perpetuating nodules in tight bands of muscle tissue that fire impulses into the central nervous system. | trigger points |
What system do trigger points have an effect on? | neuromuscular |
If a trigger point is left unaddressed what may it result in? | adaptive pain pattern |
Symptoms are felt a distance from the site of the actual trigger point. | referred pain |
What type of trigger point is actively painful whether or not it is being touched or stimulated? | active trigger point |
What type of trigger point is not painful until it is palpated? | latent trigger point |
Trigger points are tine contracted areas of what that do not know how to turn themselves off? | muscle fibers |
What type of know is an active contraction of living muscle fibers? | contraction knot |
What type of knot is a tangle of collagen deposits laid down by the body to repair an injured or damaged muscle? | scar tissue knot |
How long does the acute phase last? | 72 hours |
How long does the repair phase last? | 6 weeks |
Swelling, redness, warmth, and pain are characteristics of what phase of healing? | acute phase |
Synthesis and deposition of disordered collagen are characteristics of what phase of healing? | repair phase |
How long does the remodeling phase last? | 12 months |
In what period of healing is the collagen remodeled to increase its functional capacities and improve its strength, orientation and functionality? | remodeling phase |
What type of pain represents a learned neurological pathway that can be very difficult to shut off or unlearn? | chronic pain |
What branch of the autonomic nervous system does pain activate? | sympathetic branch |
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | NSAID |
What interferes with the body's ability to run the biochemical pathway that produces pain generating chemicals? | NSAIDs |
What are pain generating chemicals? | nociceptors |
located in or near the center "belly" of a muscle | central trigger point |
a trigger point responsible for activating one or more satellite trigger points | key trigger point |
trigger point caused by a key trigger point. often found in clusters | satellite trigger point |
a trigger point that appears in one muscle and is related to a trigger point in another muscle | associated trigger point |
general pain response to the palpation of a trigger point | jump response |
transient local contraction of a taut band of muscle in response to stimulation of a trigger point or associated trigger points | local twitch response |
muscle pain | myalgia |
a muscle that has been interwoven with scar tissue | myofascitis |
specific application of a sustained pressure at the area of highest tension or contaction | ischemic compression |