Activi Tpt

Trigger Point Therapy for myofascial (muscle) pain.

A Trigger Point is defined as a "highly irritable localized spot of exquisite tenderness in a nodule in a palpable taut band of muscle tissue. "
(Travell and Simons, Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, the Trigger Point Manual).

For those with active trigger points this means muscle pain such as headaches, backache, shoulder pain, hip, leg or foot pain. Symptoms often quickly labelled tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, achilles heel etc can all be caused by active trigger points.

Trigger Points can also be the underlying cause of many autonomic symptoms ie heartburn, bladder problems, dysmenorreah and infant colic.

Trigger Point Therapy aims to alleviate symptoms by treating the Trigger Points causal to the symptom, most often manifested as pain. It is not just about treatment but understanding the client and their lifestyle and educating them on ways to reduce or eliminate any perpertuating factors that are contributing to their pain or discomfort.