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Trigger Point Therapy
Question | Answer |
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Origin | Manubrium, Medial 1/3 clavical |
Insertion | Mastoid Process |
Action | Flex, Lateral flexion and rotation of neck, Inhalation |
Synergist | Scalenes |
Antagonist | Traps |
Referred Pain | temple, forehead, eye, cheek, vertex, occipital, ptosis (druping of eye), ear, TMJ, lacrimation, dizziness, sweating with TrPt compression |
Symptoms | Frontal, temporal, occipital, vertex headaches. Cheek and eye pain. Tearing, visual disturbances, dizziness, dysmetria, tinnitus |
Activation | Sitting with head turned, protracted head, trauma, tight Pectoralis Major, too many pillows |
Corrective Actions | Neck retraction exercises (double-chin/sit ups), shift weight from heals and balls of feet, no prolonged rotation |