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What Are Trigger Points And Fascia

O Image 1: Trigger Point in the muscle. Image 2: X is the trigger point & in the Red shows the pain referral pattern. (See photos).

The Physiology of a Trigger Point: The Muscle fiber that does the contracting is a microscopic unit called a sarcomere. Contraction occurs in a sarcomere when it’s two parts come together and interlock like fingers. A trigger point exists when over stimulated sarcomeres are chemically prevented from releasing from their interlocked state.
A Microscope View: See Above Photo
The drawing represents several muscle fibers within a trigger point. This is based on a microscopic photograph of an actual trigger point.
This particular trigger point would cause a headache over your left eye and sometimes at the very top of your head.

See Photo’s
Letter A: A normal muscle fiber in a normal state
Letter B: Is a knot in a muscle fiber
Letter C: Part of the muscle fiber that extends from the contraction of a knot to the muscle’s attachment.
· Resulting oxygen starvation
· Accumulation of waste product of metabolism irritates (trigger point). The trigger point responds to this emergency by sending out pain signals.

Referred pain:
Trigger points send pain to other sites and can be mistaken for other pain until trigger point therapy is used to treat the location of pain.
Research has shown that trigger points are the primary cause of 75% of the time and are at least a part of nearly every pain problem.
Trigger Points Cause:

Headaches
Neck and jaw pain
Low back pain
Tennis elbow
Carpal tunnel
Dizziness
Earaches
Sinusitis
Nausea
Heartburn
False heart pain
Heart arrhythmia
Genital pain
Numbness in hands and feet
Even Fibromyalgia may have its beginnings with myofascial trigger points

Source of pain in:
Joints as the shoulder
Wrist
Hip
Knee
Ankle

Often mistaken for arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, or ligament injury.
Massage of the trigger point flushes the tissue and helps the trigger point’s contracted begin to release. With trigger point therapy and myofascial releasing, myofascial pain can be eliminated within three to ten days. Long standing chronic conditions can be improved in as little as six weeks.

What Is Fascia

Fascia is a connective tissue, that looks like a web and covers the body in sheet like forms. When a muscle is shortened with trigger points, the fascia can adhere to the muscle and cause pain and dysfunction, along with restricted or limited movement from a cellular level outward to joint mobility. These dysfunctions are medically difficult to diagnose medically, are not apparent with standard medical testing, and are a factor in many elcusive chronic pain and fatigue patterns. Introducing corrective intervention is a therapeutic change process similar to remolding a house. Using techniques such as myfoscial releasing, cupping, stretching and other modalities can unwind the fascia to restore function. Depending on the length of time of injury can depend on the length of time for treatment. Image 3: View of Fascia Sheet, Image 4: Fascia under a microscope.

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PNF Stetching - with Angela