What is a trigger point massage?
What is a trigger point massage? Trigger point massage uses myofascial release therapy techniques to apply direct pressure to trigger points to help relieve tension, stress and pain. Trigger points are stiff, localized muscle cramps that occur in your fascial tissue. Trigger points, or muscle knots, are hyperirritable spots within a taut band of skeletal muscle. The pressure applied during therapy can cause these points to release, sometimes resulting in a popping sound. This release can alleviate local and referred pain associated with trigger points.Today, we’ll share some of those strategies with you: To treat trigger points at home, apply sustained pressure to the tender knot using your fingers, or a massage tool for 30–60 seconds. Follow up with gentle stretching, movement, and hydration to help release muscle tension.The trigger point is manually manipulated until it releases with a satisfying sensation associated with tension release. Essentially, this breaks up the fascial scar tissue and relieves the symptoms connected with it.Trigger points are painful “knots” in your muscles that can be very sensitive to touch/pressure. They may form after acute trauma or by repetitive micro-trauma, leading to stress on muscle fibers. It causes the muscle fibers to be stuck in a contracted state. Sometimes you can feel these knots when you rub your muscle.
What happens during a trigger point massage?
What is a trigger point massage? Trigger point massage uses myofascial release therapy techniques to apply direct pressure to trigger points to help relieve tension, stress and pain. Trigger points are stiff, localized muscle cramps that occur in your fascial tissue. Trigger points are painful “knots” in your muscle fibers that are highly sensitive to touch/pressure. They may form after an acute trauma or become chronic by stress on the fibers, such as with repetitive motion. The muscle fibers become stuck in a contracted state, and you can feel the knot when you touch the muscle.Areas of tight muscle fibers, called trigger points, form in muscles. Too much use of the muscles, most often with poor form, injury to the muscle and mental stress likely help cause trigger points.