Trigger Point Release

How Trigger Points Develop and Affect You

Trigger Point Release is a precise, targeted manual therapy that addresses specific knots and tension spots within your muscles and fascia. These trigger points are hyper-irritable spots that can cause localized pain and often refer pain to other areas of your body. Through focused pressure and specialized techniques, this therapy helps release these restrictions and restore normal muscle function.

The Trigger Point Problem

Trigger points are tight bands of muscle fibers that form knots or "knuckles" in your muscles. They develop from:

• Repetitive stress and overuse
• Poor posture and sustained positions
• Acute injury or trauma
• Chronic stress and tension
• Compensation patterns from other injuries

These points don't just cause local discomfort - they often create referred pain patterns. For example, trigger points in your neck might cause headaches, or points in your hip might create knee pain.

My Precision-Based Trigger Point Method

Rather than aggressive pressure that can cause your body to guard and tighten, I use a strategic approach that combines:

• Targeted pressure application - finding specific trigger points with appropriate force
• Fascial system awareness - understanding how trigger points affect surrounding tissues
• Energetic bodywork - addressing what might be stored in these areas emotionally
• Multi-modal integration - combining with myofascial release, craniosacral work, and gentle stretching

Trigger Point Release as Problem-Solving Therapy

Trigger Point Release is rarely used in isolation. It works best as part of a comprehensive approach to your body's patterns and restrictions. During sessions, I assess not just the trigger points themselves, but what's causing them to develop and how they're affecting your overall movement and comfort.

This targeted work integrates seamlessly with:

• CranioSacral therapy for nervous system regulation
• Myofascial release for broader fascial restrictions
• Energy balancing for emotional components
• Cupping for circulation and tissue hydration

The Release Process

Pressure varies from gentle to firm, always staying within what your tissues can handle. Unlike painful trigger point work you might have experienced elsewhere, my approach respects your body's natural pace and collaborates with your nervous system.

I maintain constant communication throughout the session to ensure the pressure feels therapeutic rather than traumatic. The goal is sustainable release and relief, not enduring discomfort.

Emotional Release Through Physical Points

Trigger points often develop in areas where we unconsciously hold stress, trauma, or emotional tension. It's common for emotions or memories to surface as these points release. This is a natural part of the healing process, and I create a supportive space for whatever emerges during your session.

Best Suited For

This therapy is particularly effective for people who:

• Have specific areas of chronic tension or pain that need targeted attention
• Experience mysterious pain patterns that seem to move or refer
• Work at desks or have repetitive job demands creating specific problem areas
• Are athletes dealing with overuse patterns in particular muscle groups
• Want focused, problem-solving approaches to bodywork rather than general relaxation
• Prefer direct, results-oriented therapeutic interventions