Myofascial pain secondary to trigger points
Efficient and effective pain therapy is often complicated by a phenomena described by Dr. Janet Travell as the transfer of pain from myofascial trigger points to different areas of the body. Certain conditions may influence the perception of pain localization away from the actual causative location.
Bumping your elbow, for example, can lead to burning pain in your little finger, where therapy would be totally nonsensical. In many cases, however, pain transfer does not follow a particular nerve pathway and it becomes more complicated to localize the cause.
Many typical patterns of pain transfer have been described in the literature. These wall charts bring this literature together clearly in both word and drawing.
The points are not simply listed, rather a "backward-diagnosis" is facilitated, starting with the location of the subjectively experienced pain. In the center of each chart there is a breakdown of the region into subregions, each with a list of possible places of origin of the pain.
Muscles with a high probability of conferring pain to the corresponding region are marked with a red dot. Thus, the attention of the therapist is specifically drawn to the likely problem areas, even if they are not where it hurts!
Our trigger point wall charts are not only a valuable tool in the diagnosis of pain and its treatment, but also help in communicating with the patient so that he or she understands the meaning of the therapy even if it is not focused on the place where the pain is felt.
All regions of the body are represented, each on one of four different charts:
TP-1: head, neck, and masticatory
TP-2: chest, shoulder, upper arms
TP-3: lower back, abdomen, thighs
TP-4: extremities
Format 50x70cm, laminated on both sides.
