One option for treating muscle ache caused by trigger points may be a trigger point injection (or TPI). It can help relax the muscles. For more information go to, http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/trigger-point-injection.
It's a muscle-relaxant - primaril;y used for the management of Fybromyalgia .
Try the YMCA or any gym that has a pool
Try triggerpoints.net or triggerpointrelief.com here you will find multiple photos. These sites will not only give you photos, but will also provide in-depth information on trigger points.
Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) was made popular by Paul St. John and it is a massage modality that focuses on the treatment of trigger points. They are called trigger points because they refer pain to another part of the body. Trigger points are painful points located within taut bands of muscle, hypertonicity, and are treated primarily with the application of sustained, usually static pressure. Sometimes this is referred to as ischemic pressure and can vary from very light to heavy depending on the stage of development of the trigger point. Through the softening of trigger points, NMT aims to reduce chronic pain, increase range of motion, and correct postural distortions.
neck massages work best for reliving trigger points generally
There are many types of pressure points. Some are called trigger points, others include; tender points, tsubos, aschi points, marmas, alarm points, and back shu points.
Michael J. Kami has written: 'Trigger points'
The condition is known as myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).
You most likely have trigger points on the muscles in your arms and shoulders. Trigger points are small knots in the muscle that cause pain either in the are of the trigger point or (more likely) in areas further down the arm. See "The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook" by Clair Davies. I found it on Amazon and have been amazed at the difference it has made in me.
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Knots, also called myofascial trigger points are described as hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers. Trigger point researchers believe that palpable nodules are small contraction knots and a common cause of pain. Compression of a trigger point may elicit local tenderness, referred pain, or local twitch response. The local twitch response is not the same as a muscle spasm. This is because a muscle spasm refers to the entire muscle entirely contracting whereas the local twitch response also refers to the entire muscle but only involves a small twitch, no contraction. The trigger point model states that unexplained pain frequently radiates from these points of local tenderness to broader areas, sometimes distant from the trigger point itself. Practitioners claim to have identified reliable referred pain patterns, allowing practitioners to associate pain in one location with trigger points elsewhere. Many chiropractors and massage therapists find the model useful in practice, but the medical community at large has not embraced trigger point therapy. Although trigger points do appear to be an observable phenomenon with defined properties, there is a lack of a consistent methodology for diagnosing trigger points[1] and a dearth of theory explaining how trigger points arise and why they produce specific referred pain patterns.