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Trigger Point Locations
Aka: Trigger Point Locations, Trigger Area, Trigger Point Site, Trigger Zone
- See Also
- Trigger Point
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Trigger Points: Head and Neck
- Paraspinous Neck Muscles
- Refer pain to occiput
- Symptoms include retro-orbital Headache
- Muscle Components
- Splenius cervicis muscle
- Semispinalis cervicis muscle
- Rotatores cervicis muscles
- Multifidus muscle
- Upper Trapezius
- Refer pain to neck and temporal forehead
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Associated with Otalgia and possibly Vertigo
- Associated with increased Lacrimation and Coryza
- Clavicle Musculature
- Referred pain across forehead and behind ear
- Sternal Musculature
- Referred pain into occiput, cheek and periorbital
- Mimics Sinusitis
- Splenius Capitis (cervical paraspinous muscle)
- Referred Retro-orbital or temporal-orbital pain
- Symptoms include vertex Headache
- Peri-auricular muscles
- Referred pain to teeth and jaw
- Muscle Components
- Temporalis Muscle
- Masseter Muscle
- Medial Pterygoid Muscle
- Lateral Pterygoid Muscle
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Trigger Points: Shoulder, Thorax, and Arm
- Anterior Serratus Muscle (lateral to Breast)
- Referred pain to lateral chest and Scapula border
- Related to decreased chest expansion
- May result in perceived Dyspnea
- Pectoralis Major Muscle and Pectoralis Minor Muscle
- Referred pain to Breast and ulnar arm
- Levator Scapulae Muscle (lateral Neck)
- Referred pain to base of neck
- Associated with neck stiffness
- Follows cervical Whiplash injury
- Associated with Mood Disorders
- Infraspinatus Muscle (lower Scapula)
- Referred pain to Shoulder joint and down upper arm
- Mimics Cervical Radiculopathy
- Supraspinatus Muscle (upper Scapula)
- Referred pain to middle deltoid and elbow
- Mimics Cervical Radiculopathy
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Trigger Points: Back and Buttock
- Quadratus Lumborum Muscle (above iliac crest)
- Referred pain to low back
- Iliocostalis Muscle (lateral paraspinous muscle)
- Referred pain to lower quadrant of Abdomen
- Referred pain to buttock
- Gluteus Maximus Muscle
- Referred pain to Sacrum and inferior buttock
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Trigger Points: Thigh, Leg and Foot
- Quadriceps Femoris (anterior thigh quad muscles)
- Rectus femoris referred to Patella and distal thigh
- Vastus intermedius referred to upper thigh
- Vastus medialis referred to medial knee
- Biceps Femoris (Hamstring Muscles)
- Referred pain to calf
- Gastrocnemius (superficial posterior calf)
- Referred pain to calf and foot instep
- Soleus (deep posterior calf)
- Referred pain to heel and to sacroiliac joint
- References
- Alvarez (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(4): 653-60 [PubMed]
- Fomby (1997) Phys Sportsmed 25(2):67-75 [PubMed]