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Trigger Points

Muscles can cause pain and refer sensations to other parts of the body.  The areas within muscles that refer pain elsewhere are called trigger points.  These areas are small taut bands that likely form because of nerve irritation or denervation supersensitivity.
 

An academic site with hundreds of muscle listings and cross-sectional anatomy...

Here are some tools you can use at home to help with trigger points...

Theracane...a self-massage device...

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