​

Many people use acupressure with trigger points.  thinks the points are the same thing. Acupressure points are on the meridians. It is known that acupressure points overlap with trigger points in many places. However, trigger points and acupressure are two different schools. Meridians are “lines followed by electromagnetic energy cycles” and can be measured. Trigger points also give measurable electrical values, but trigger points are based on connective tissue. gets.
Trigger points can occur anywhere. However, it has been determined that they primarily occur and that there are common points for many people.
The most practical proof of the existence of trigger points is to feel them with the fingers. Active and passive (silent) trigger points respond to pressure with pain. If trigger points are close to the surface, sensitive fingers will feel it hotter than the surrounding tissue. This temperature difference due to the increase in metabolic activity can be measured.

Trigger points can make muscles short and stiff, limiting joint movements and causing spasms in other muscles. Stretching and contraction cause pain by disturbing the trigger points, and this creates a reluctance to move in the person. If your neck hurts, you can't turn your neck, if your shoulder hurts, you can't raise your arm. This is a natural protective response of the body. However, this event causes other muscles to take over the load. As a result, the auxiliary muscles are overloaded due to the work they were not used to doing before, and trigger points occur in those muscles in a short time.
The sensory symptoms caused by myofascial trigger points are very diverse and are not limited to pain. Symptoms of dysfunction can produce a wide variety of symptoms such as muscle stiffness, weakness, edema, nausea, dizziness and posture disorders.

The most important symptom of trigger points is referred pain. Referred pain is felt as an overwhelming and deep pain. Even a trigger point pain in the smallest muscle can keep you from moving. Tension headaches and some pains in the neck that prevent us from moving our head are types of referred pain. Tension and pain in a joint should always first bring to mind the trigger point in the involved muscles.
Regardless of the diagnosis, a part of back pain is definitely myofascial. Pain in the lower back can be caused by trigger points of interesting muscles such as the hips, abdomen, and even calf muscles.
Treatment for lower back pain often fails if myofascial trigger points are not considered as the cause.

Muscles that shorten and expand due to trigger points can compress nerves, causing abnormal sensations such as numbness, tingling, burning, and increased sensitivity.
The trigger point in the calf muscle can affect circulation and cause swelling in the ankles and feet. The same thing with the neck muscle can cause swelling in the hand and wrist.
Trigger points can make the muscles short and stiff, causing restriction of movement, fatigue of the muscles and snagging during joint movements.

Myofascial symptoms that persist for months or years can really spoil your mood. Chronic pain, which is particularly difficult to treat, is a well-known cause of depression. Insomnia and chronic fatigue are other common manifestations of myofascial trigger points. Pain from the trigger point disrupts your sleep and prevents your muscles from resting.

Trigger points are usually not located where the pain is felt. Massage in the wrong place can make you feel good, but it does not help to relieve your pain. It is possible for many different muscles to send pain to exactly the same point. Pain may come from just one of these, or they may all contribute to some extent.

Pain during trigger point massage has beneficial effects. The electrical activity generated by pain is therapeutic and disrupts the neurological feedback that maintains the trigger points. Another positive effect of the pain that occurs during the massage is that it causes the flow of endorphins, which are pain-relieving hormones, to the area.

If the pain comes back in a very short time despite the treatment of the trigger points, a health problem that predisposes to the development and persistence of trigger points in the muscles should be considered.

Vitamin B and C, calcium, magnesium, iron or potassium deficiencies are important in this respect. Factors such as some medications, thyroid insufficiency and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can activate trigger points. Sick or dysfunctional internal organs can make it difficult to get rid of trigger points in the muscles.

After a careful physical examination and an assessment of the trigger points, trigger point massage combined with effective physical and medical therapy can provide quick relief from years of pain.