When an old Achilles tendon injury flared up and prevented me from running, I tried all my previous tricks — ice, rehab exercises, rest. At my wits’ end, I sought advice from a physical therapist, who ...

Acupuncturists who wish to fully integrate dry needling into their practice should ensure they have training in its specific ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Pinpointing pain, dry needling is growing in popularity. The up-and-coming technique uses tiny needles to treat and manage pain. A car accident last year left Sophia Fuchs with ...

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 ...

You know those knots you get in your neck and shoulders? Those are called trigger points. Trigger points can form in any muscle if that muscle is suddenly or overly used. If you have a lot of them, ...

- Trigger Point: A hyper-irritable spot in skeletal muscle that is associated with a hypersensitive palpable nodule in a taut band . The spot is painful on compression and can give rise to ...

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 ...

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