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Trigger Point
SFSM Trigger Point
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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jrpotter
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