How to Spot Massage Trigger Points in Ligaments
- 1). Create a medical history of injuries and illnesses. List any recurring pains or complaints. Review this with your primary therapist or physician.
- 2). Warm up the muscles with a relaxing massage. Ligament pain referral patterns are similar to muscular trigger points. They are found through palpation of the site, stimulating the pain response without the presence of muscle knots.
- 3). Trace the muscle pain back to the associated joint or ligament following a pain referral chart.
- 4). Confirm the diagnosis of ligament origin with an injection of anesthetic combined with a proliferant into the ligament. The anesthetic disrupts the cell memory of pain and the proliferant instigates inflammation, forcing the ligament to heal itself.
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