Trigger points lie within muscle and are hyperirritable or rigid areas that cause a predictable pattern of pain, sometimes travelling to other areas of the body.
For example, trigger points in the calf muscles could relate to pain in the lower back, or trigger points in the neck and shoulder could relate to pain in the hand and wrist.
With trigger point therapy we look at what pain the client is presenting and focus on releasing the trigger points that relate to it with static pressure.
This, together with myofascial release to ease tightness in the fascia and connective soft tissue, can restore the area to balance.
