Muscle pain, though discomforting, is not always caused by an injury. Sometimes, it starts with small knots that create soreness. Dr. Lacy Anderson says those small knots, known as trigger points, ...

This week we are going to discuss a topic that we have discussed in the past, however, I feel it bears repeating as it is a very prevalent problem. The subject is trigger points of the musculature.

DENVER — Distracting chronic pain patients from trigger point injections (TPIs) by transporting them, via virtual reality (VR), to a beautiful beach complete with the soothing sound of waves helps ...

An intramuscular injection is a technique for delivering medication deep into the muscles. This allows the medication to absorb quickly into the bloodstream. You may have received an intramuscular ...

Cortisone injections function as the most powerful anti-inflammatory available to patients, as such, they break the cycle of swelling, pain and inflammation. Once this cycle is broken, normal motion ...

If you’ve got a lump on top of your shoulder muscle, you have a good chance of it being a trapezius knot. This type of lump in the trapezius muscle — called a myofascial trigger point — is among the ...