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About Trigger Points
Trigger points may refer pain both in the local area and/or to other areas of the body, and the most common patterns have been well documented and diagrammed. These are called referral patterns. Approximately half of the time, trigger points are not located in the same place where you feel symptoms. This means that if you only work on the areas where you feel pain, you probably won’t get relief.
In our books and samples, you’ll find illustrations of common pain referral patterns that you can compare with where you feel pain, and this will help you figure out where the common trigger point or points causing your pain are located. Unless you know that you need to search in that location, you probably won’t resolve your pain. For example, trigger points in the upper portion of the trapezius muscle (between the neck and the shoulder) can cause headache or migraine pain in the temples, the base of the skull, in the angle of the jaw, and possibly above the ear and over the eye. See the Trapezius CD-ROM Chapter Sample.
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Trigger Point Causes | Untreated Trigger Points |
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About the Author
An Interview with Valerie DeLaune (.pdf, 107kb) Download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in to view .pdf documents. Claire Davies The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook |
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Valerie DeLaune,
LAc., is a licensed acupuncturist and certified neuromuscular therapist with a Master’s Degree in Acupuncture from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a B.S. from the University of Washington, and certificates from Heartwood Institute and Brenneke School of Massage.
