Trigger point injections may help relieve chronic muscle pain, including pain in your neck. These injections target “knots” in your muscles called trigger points that can cause pain, stiffness, and ...

The trapezius is a large band of muscles across the back, shoulders, and neck. Trigger points are raised spots along a band of muscle. They can be caused by exercise, inactivity, or poor posture, like ...

Dr Daitz then presented several cases of patients he successfully treated by TPI. SAN ANTONIO — Myofascial pain accounts for 75 to 90% of musculoskeletal pain, and is one of the top 10 clinical ...

Doctors use trigger point injections to treat chronic muscle pain and other issues that affect the musculoskeletal system. They can cause side effects, including temporary numbness and dizziness.

Initially, the patient experienced no complications. But approximately 12 hours following therapy, he awoke with shortness of breath and functional quadriplegia. Trigger points are “symptomatic ...

If you’ve got a lump on top of your shoulder muscle, you have a good chance of it being a trapezius knot. This type of lump in the trapezius muscle — called a myofascial trigger point — is among the ...