Trigger point: Curable or palliative symptoms

Abstract

Trigger point (TrP) is an important sign of patients with myofascial pain syndrome. It is a focal area or nodule within the affected muscle. It presents localized pain and referred pain to other areas of the body when compression or tension is applied to the affected trigger point. Complex pathogenesis according to trigger involved various functions of organ system, i.e. nervous and musculoskeletal system. This review article provides knowledge of muscle physiology, integrated hypothesis for initiation and persistence of trigger points, and several of reports of current trigger point’s therapies. Bull Chiang Mai Assoc Med Sci 2016; 49(1): 155-166. Doi: 10.14456/jams.2016.2