What Is Trigger Point Therapy and Why Is It Becoming Popular?

1. What Is Trigger Point Therapy and Why Is It Becoming Popular? You may have often felt a sensation of your muscles getting knotted, causing intense pain. This is where trigger point therapy in Singapore or elsewhere is very useful. Trigger point therapy is essentially a soft tissue technique that is excellent at removing tension in muscles and facia that cause this kind of painful knotting. In order to understand the method and efficacy of trigger point therapy we first need to understand what exactly are trigger points. The knot in muscles or facia discussed above is the pressure points that cause pain when they are pressed on. According to their definition, trigger points are ‘hypersensitive nodules within a taut band of tissue which cause pain’ It is also noticed that sometimes the muscles become so badly knotted up that they cause pain even when they are not pressed on. There are three different types of trigger points that are known– satellite trigger points, latent trigger points, and active trigger points. Active points Active trigger points are the points that cause pain without touch and can occur anywhere in the body becoming one of the main causes of myofascial pain. Latent trigger points These points are the precursors of active trigger points and they cause pain when they are pressed. Satellite trigger points A satellite trigger point is that which causes pain at a different point instead of the part where the root cause of the problem exists. These points make it important to treat both the point with pain and the point where the pain is referred. Hence, we can say that trigger point therapy in Singapore and elsewhere is a massage technique that uses pressure to remove the knots and tension in the muscles and fascia. This technique is becoming popular not just in Singapore but in other countries as well because of its efficacy in treating pains in different parts of the body. A patient taking trigger point therapy does not need to opt for painkillers or any other type of medication to deal with the pain