Trigger Point Injection

A trigger point is a tiny area in a muscle that is extremely sensitive to pressure or touch. It can be extremely painful. Injury, muscle spasms, overexertion, and muscle tension are usual causes of trigger points.

Usually, your muscles relax and contract whenever you move. If a muscle doesn’t ease up completely, a really tight band of muscle fibres can shape a trigger point, which causes extreme tenderness, and.

Trigger point injections relieve pain, and ease up the muscle by placing medications in the trigger point.

If surrounding nerves are irritated, the pain can spread to nearby areas. They most frequently occur in the neck, back and shoulders. Trigger point injections relieve pain, and ease up the muscle by placing medications in the trigger point.

Trigger point injections deliver local anesthetic, sometimes combined with steroid medication, directly to the trigger point to inactivate it and provide prompt relief.

Physical therapy treatment is aimed at pain relief and muscle stretching, often following the procedure, and before you know it, you’ll be back to your favourite activities.