trigger point


Frozen shoulder is a strange and often misdiagnosed problem. It’s very different from a rotator cuff injury, and so the treatment for it is again quite different.

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I often see people who’ve reached the end of the road in terms of chronic pain. They’ve tried every other test, treatment and diagnosis to get to the bottom of what’s causing their problem.

And sometimes – the answer to what’s giving them severe, unremitting pain – is trigger points.

The problem is that trigger point pain can look and feel like quite a few other medical problems.

When you’ve been told ‘it’s not your heart, not a pinched nerve, not arthritis and not a prolapsed disc’ but you still have severe pain – it could be worth checking to see if you have trigger points.

For a detailed free guide to diagnosing and treating triggers, click here.

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Tendinitis and Trigger Points



I’ve often been asked if you can help tendinitis with trigger point treatment. The thing is, although tendinitis is quite a different problem, treating trigger points in the area of the tendon can help. To explain this one, I’ll need to to into some more detail on what tendinitis is. Pain arising from tendons is very common. [...]

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Dry Needling, Acupuncture and the Dog in the Night



I’ve had quite a few questions on dry needling, acupuncture and trigger points. These videos give an explanation of dry needling, how it relates to trigger points, and a story about my night roaming dog Milo, and his encounter with acupuncture.

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Car Accidents and the Final Stage of Healing



The other week I had a guy come in for a treatment becaues he’d had an awful car accident It happened like this: he was driving along the freeway in a van, minding his own business, when the truck behind him decided to changes lanes - suddenly, and without seeing him. By the time the truck driver did [...]

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Wax on Wax Off



I was watching the ‘Karate Kid’ movie the other day. I know it’s not a serious movie, but it does have some important lessons that can you can use. You probably know the story – this kid learns karate from the master Mr Miyage so he can stand up to the neighbourhood bullies. When he first starts his lessons, [...]

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How Top Athletes can Help You Beat Chronic Pain



Here’s a list of the things top athletes do that may help you beat chronic pain. 1. Daily Exercise Even if it’s walking to the post box and back. Anything to get you vertical and moving. 2. Visualisation All top athletes use this. Visualise health, natural movement, waking up pain free, returning to do the things you [...]

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When it’s Time to Call it Quits



What is the definition of madness? Doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result – Einstein. If you’ve been trying a certain treatment and it isn’t working, when is it time to call it quits? The answer to this is both difficult and easy. Quit as soon as you are sure that you have a [...]

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The Power of Definitions



One of my favourite movies …I’m slightly embarassed to admit….is Star Wars. I remember being completely blown away when I first saw it. The whole cinema rumbled, the chairs shook, the star ships blazed…and my wife fell asleep!` Well, there’s an important message in these films for all pain sufferers. It comes from Yoda, the grammatically challenged but wise [...]

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Move Aside the Fascia



I remember in 2nd year medical school we spent the entire year dissecting one person who had donated their body to science. The first session was quite eerie – in a hushed and formal kind of way. We were 4 people to one cadaver. Everyone was very quiet and we started dissecting at the left foot. We had a surgical [...]

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