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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Pain Patterns, Causes, Self-Care

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Trigger Points and Anomalies Make This More Complicated The thoracic outlet structures are complex. To make it more complicated, muscles like scalenes, pec minor, and levator scapula have statistically significant variations. Scalenes are quite variable in size, attachments, and, even, number of muscles. The pectoralis minor is variable in its attachment on ribs. Levator scapula […]

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Forward Head Posture: Pain Patterns, Causes, Self-Care

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Forward-Head Posture (FHP) is a syndrome. That means that it is a collection of symptoms that lead to more specific diagnoses. FHP, defined simply, is when, in your resting posture, your head stays positioned in front of your shoulders. How far in front? Many definitions say that it occurs when the external auditory meatus (ear canal) is

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Trigger Point Patterns – Headaches – Cervicogenic

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Cervicogenic Headaches are headaches that originate from the neck. Often, people say that they have a headache that really seems like a neckache that goes into the head. Also, people have headaches and neck tension that they do not associate with each other. Many sites and texts do not reference the trigger point patterns of

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Stiff Neck: Pain Patterns and Self-Care

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These posts are all related to your painful, stiff neck. Most people refer to the limited, painful rotation when they speak of a stiff neck. However, some people refer to difficulty in lateral movement (leaning from side to side). The majority of rotation (about 70%) happens in the joint between the first and second vertebrae,

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