Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy & Patient Self-Help Techniques: Correcting the Perpetuating Factors Behind Chronic Pain

• •Describe the most common perpetuating factors behind chronic pain


• •Explain the components of myofascial trigger point therapy protocol


• •Demonstrate new techniques for evaluating myofascial pain syndrome


• •Evaluate trigger point myotherapy compression techniques


• •Choose appropriate self–care techniques for patients to use in treating myofascial pain syndrome

Get to the Point – the Trigger Point – When Treating Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is one of the most overlooked diagnoses in chronic pain. Up to 85% of patients with chronic pain have MPS. Muscles harboring trigger points have been an under–treated cause of pain. When trigger points are "active" in muscles, pain is present with physical limitation and loss of normal function. "Deactivating" the trigger point can be achieved through Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy (MTPT), a unique treatment protocol for myofascial pain and dysfunction.

Throughout this course, you will learn to identify and correct perpetuating factors that perpetuate pain. This seminar covers Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy protocol, and allows participants hands‐on opportunities to manually deactivate trigger points. The role of the patient in the healing process is emphasized, with self–help techniques to empower patients to treat their own trigger points for lasting pain relief.