Myofascial pain syndrome

Myofascial pain syndrome is a chronic condition that involves a single or multiple muscle groups and is characterized by the development of Myofascial trigger points (TrPs), that are locally tender when active and refer pain through specific patterns to other areas of the body. Put simply, it is a way to describe localised muscle pain.

This type of pain can be aggravated by physical activity and stress. Also by sudden trauma and stress. It affects both males and females equally.

It is usually closely related to a better characterized condition known as the Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FS). The difference being the reporting of pain

It can mainly be resolved by treatment.

Symptoms of Myofascial pain syndrome.

1. Burning
2. Referred pain through Myofascial trigger points
3. specific pain in other areas of the body

How do you diagnose Myofascial pain syndrome?

This usually occurs in one specific area of the body. It is commonly associated with fatigue and sleep disturbances.

How to treat Myofascial pain syndrome.

1. The "Stretch and spray" technique: This involves sparing the muscle with a coolant and stretching the muscle.
2. Massage
3. Trigger point injection
4. Medication such as anti depressants or anti inflammatories
5. Promotion of a healthy diet and lifestyle and for the need to de stress.
6. Physical therapy

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• Lack of activity (such as a broken arm in a trigger point is an area of extreme tenderness that usually lies within the skeletal muscle and which is associated with a local or regional pain.
• A latent trigger point is a dormant (inactive) area that has the potential to act like a trigger point.
• A secondary trigger point is a highly irritable spot in a muscle that can become active due to a trigger point and muscular overload in another muscle.
• A satellite myofascial point is a highly irritable spot in a muscle that becomes inactive because the muscle is in the region of another trigger painPhysical therapy
• "Stretch and spray" technique: This treatment involves spraying the muscle and trigger point with a coolant and then slowly stretching the muscle.
• Massage therapy