Lesson 7- The 7 Most Overlooked Causes of Pain

Welcome to lesson number seven of The Seven Most Overlooked Causes of Body Pain & What You Can Do About Them Today series.

Let’s get right to it!

If you are suffering from something called Trigger Point pain, you probably don’t even know that you are. Most people don’t have a clue about Trigger Points unless they have been to a qualified Massage Therapist who specializes in Trigger Point work.

Once someone has been to a Massage Therapist that works out his or her neck pain, shoulder pain, hip pain, back pain and so on... they WILL know that they have just had trigger point work done.

Trigger Points are knots in the muscle that refer pain elsewhere in the body. For
instance, if I were to push on a point on the side of your neck and you feel pain
shooting down your arm it is more than likely a trigger point in one of your scalene muscles.

There are also Tender Points that don’t refer pain, they just hurt at the point of
pressure.

Trigger point work is crucial in the relief of most chronic pain. Suffering from this type of pain can and will make your life miserable.

Muscles that have been over-worked for years or muscles that have been injured, develop trigger points. You can also have trigger points from birth or just repetitive motion doing the same thing over and over and over and over... ok you get the idea right.

Trigger points need to be worked so that they will “release” and should be worked on for SHORT PERIODS OF TIME but worked OFTEN.

Just 10 minutes, 5 times a day will get you feeling good again. Whatever you can do is better than doing nothing at all. Massage Therapy is gaining more and more recognition and that is wonderful! But once a week for an hour just won’t cut it.

If you suffer from chronic Trigger Point pain than you need to get work done MORE often. Ideally if you can get a 1 hour massage once a week along with using trigger point tools for just 10 minutes, 4-5 times a day until the trigger points have released, you will find the relief from pain you are looking for.

I hope this new information has been helpful to you on your journey to the
pain free you, you once knew!

If you are interested in getting some Trigger Point tools for yourself so that you can take an active role in eliminating your pain please check out the ones I offer at MuscleTensionRelief.com

These are NOT the only Trigger Point tools on the market, but I believe they are the best and I think that once you try them you'll agree with me and the countless others who have used my Knot Works Trigger Point tools.

Take good care of yourself and be WELL!

Barbara M. LaDrig LMT, NCTMB
www.MuscleTensionRelief.com
www.Myspace.com/MuscleTensionRelief

Please note that this is my opinion and not to be taken as medical advice, I am not a doctor.