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Posted by Jim True on February 8, 2007 10:32 PM. Last Updated February 8, 2007 10:32 PM

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STT: Search & Destroy Trigger Points

Protocol

1. MFR (Myofacial Release) - Not learned yet
2. Decongestion
• Lateral to Medial, except at neck Medial to Lateral where it's easier to use Spine as landmark
• Closest to the drainage point to farther away (proximal to distal to drainage points)
• At the clients 3 and 6
• Hit a tender or trigger, we note it but continue our decongestion treatment
• Does it hurt only where I am pressing or here and somewhere else? (local or referred)

Search Tools

• Pincer: Large loose muscles without bony surface to push against. SCM, upper traps, latissimus dorsi.
• X (Cross) Fiber
• Stripping: Outline with the fiber and trace the outline of the bone (scapula is a good example)
• * Search at level of a "6"
• * Small Movements

Treatment of Trigger Pts

Trigger points are microtears in the muscle fiber. So minute that they need a microscope to view; there is a release of chemicals that causes the muscle fiber to bunch up. Refers pain to a distant site. The Static pressure is pushing blood into the area and back out again, forcing circulation.

• Static Pressure
• 8 seconds on
• 2 seconds off
• Up to 2 minutes
• Looking for 50% reduction or greater

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