Groin and abdominal pain can be an indicator of serious internal organ problems. See your doctor and be gentle with anything you do for self-care. Here, you will find how to get relief on your own when your back hurts but the pain is in the front fold of the hip. If you’d like to […]
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This collection shows the posts discussing pain patterns and the trigger point referral posts currently available on this site. They are listed alphabetically by title. You can select the pain pattern relevant to your interest and click on it. Remember that people usually feel only a portion of the overall pain pattern. Often, people feel
Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. People usually complain about earache and some jaw tension. Sometimes they complain about a roaring in the ear or some other form of tinnitus. At times, when the trigger point is most severe, there is sharp pain deep in the ear with a sickly
People complain of hip pain when they stand on one foot. Some people describe it as feeling like the SI joint is unhinged. Others will complain that getting out of the car or standing up from a chair is difficult. So instead, they tend to turn and stand on both legs. This approach is more
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This is a collection of posts about trigger points that refer into the back of the head. Remember that people usually feel only a portion of the pattern. Also, people usually feel the portion in the darkest red but some only complain about the areas in lighter red.
This is a collection of posts about trigger points that refer pain between the shoulder blades. This is a subset of some other regions but it is so common that we have created its own category. Remember that people usually feel only a portion of the pattern. Also, people usually feel the portion in darkest
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This is a collection of posts about trigger points that refer into the torso and arm. Remember that people often feel a portion of the trigger point referral patter, not all of it. Sometimes, it is not just the dark red areas. You can read more about that in this post. Also, some people don’t
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This is a collection of posts about Pain patterns related to sleep. In these posts, you can find information on: trigger point patterns resulting in pain that may wake you sleeping patterns that activate trigger points which then bother you when you’re awake patterns that make it hard to get out of bed self-care for
Sleeping and Trigger Points: Pain Patterns, Causes, Self-Care Read More »
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 (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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