Is it Possible to Eliminate Pain Instantaneously by Applying Neurophysiological Reflexes?
By Steve Kaufman, DC Trigger points frequently cause numerous musculoskeletal and even visceral symptoms,1-14 including: lumbar and sacroileac pain, headache5 and head pain, migraine,5 cervical pain, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, shoulder and rotator cuff pain, impingement syndromes, sciatica,6,7 ITB syndrome,14 tinnitus,5,15,16 fibromyalgia7 and even post-surgical abdominal pain.3 Pain ascribed to cervical and lumbar disc syndromes really might be due to muscular trigger points.6,7,9,10 Trigger points are regions of impaired circulation in muscles that are very tender to pressure.5,6,7,8,11,13,14 Several years ago, I lifted an iron weight during a triceps exercise. GA_googleFillSlot(“dynamicchiropractic_com_Articles_Pages_Rectangle”); The bar was too heavy for me. As I straightened my arm, it completely gave out; the weight dropped toward the table. By overloading my triceps, I had triggered the Golgi tendon organ (GTO) reflex (also known as the inverse myotatic)1,4 of my trice
