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Trigger Points
Question | Answer |
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What are the Principles of NMT Treatments | Ischemia; Nerve Compression; Nerve Entrapment; Fascial Restriction; Postural Distortion; Biomechanical Dysfunction; Trigger Points |
Where can trigger points form? | Muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, periostium of the bone and internal organs |
What can activate trigger points? | Muscle strain; overuse; repetitive use; emotional holding; trauma; environmental; ischemia; atrophy; weak antagonist;; disease; associational trigger points |
What is a latent trigger point? | pain when palpated |
What is an active trigger point? | Always generate pain, prevent full lengthening of the muscle, weaken the muscle and refer pain when compressed |
What is a primary trigger point? | Located in the muscle of original dysfunction |
What is an associational trigger point? | Not located in the muscle of original dysfunction |
What is a satellite trigger point? | A trigger point that forms in the referral zone of another trigger point |
What is a secondary trigger point? | A trigger point that forms in the antagonist or synergist of the muscle of the primary trigger point. |