Trigger points are common clinical diagnoses in the musculoskeletal profession. However, questions have been raised about what they are and how they are treated.1 Trigger points were first described ...

If done for the right reasons, trigger point injections have a very high success rate, estimated at over 95%. Most of the time, trigger point injections are performed to get patients over a small hump ...

Although myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are rarely mentioned in relation to shoulder pain, they may present an alternative underlying mechanism, which would provide new treatment targets ...

Sleaford, United Kingdom, January 24, 2025 /PressCable/ -- Trigger point injections are one of the most effective treatments for muscle conditions, such as myofascial pain syndrome, but the treatment ...

AUTHORS: Enkhbat Purevsuren, Dylan Treger, Zhaohui Ma, Xiaoxiao Jia, Taivanbat Ganbaatar, Munkh-Amgalan Gantumur, Mizhou Hui, Davaajargal Nkhtuvshin KEYWORDS: 35 kDa Hyaluronan Fragment, HA35, Pain, ...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the prolonged therapeutic effects of a 35 kDa molecular weight hyaluronan fragment (HA35) in alleviating pain associated with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).

Tender myofascial trigger points in MPS which produce referred pain and a local twitch response on snapping palpation are identical to motor end plate zones. 5 Treatment of tender myofascial trigger ...

Myofascial pain in children is most often termed "trigger point pain." It is chronic pain originating through the formation of sensitive areas in muscles called "trigger points." Gains in the use ...

Trigger point injection (TPI) may be an option for treating pain in some patients. TPI is a procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that ...

The following is a summary of “Myofascial pain – A major player in musculoskeletal pain,” published in the April 2024 issue of Rheumatology by Lam et al. Myofascial pain syndrome is a prevalent soft ...

That’s a positive development because trigger points are common—“85 percent of people will have myofascial pain at some point in their lives and often it involves trigger points,” says ...