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Trigger points are characterized chiefly by referred pain but can be responsible
for a variety of other discomforting effects, including numbness, tingling,
burning, swelling, hypersensitivity, muscle weakness, joint stiffness and a
wide variety of autonomic symptoms. Pressure is applied to the point. Each
time it is released, fresh blood immediately flows in bringing a renewing charge
of oxygen and nutrients. The trigger point has been deprived of these essential
substances because the knotted-up muscle fibers have been keeping a stranglehold
on the capillaries that supply them. |
