Our Chiropractic office near Flagstaff is available for trigger point therapy. If you have back pain, you know how much it can interfere with living how you want. You may struggle to walk, lift, sit, or even lay because of the discomfort. While pain medications can reduce your pain, even over-the-counter ones have their share of drawbacks. An option that may help you is trigger point therapy at Summit Chiropractic. Trigger point therapy is a specialized type of massage therapy that targets your trigger points -- the locations of the origin of your pain.
For instance, you may have lower back pain as a result of an issue with your legs. Therefore, the massage focuses on your legs.
Belcher massages the center around your triggers point to ease the pressure. The entire concept of trigger point therapy revolves around the fact that waste products build around your nerve clusters and stimulate nerve pain and other nerve-related symptoms.
Sometimes, these symptoms spread beyond the initial site of the pain because the waste can cause bands or nodules that press on your soft tissue. The massage breaks up the clusters to ease your symptoms. Belcher relieve muscle tension and shortening. It assists in relieving pain as well. Additionally, trigger point therapy can help with the following:. Belcher may suggest trigger point therapy as either a sole treatment or complementary treatment along with other chiropractic treatments.
Some examples of issues your practitioner may use trigger point therapy for include:. During your initial appointment, Dr. Belcher will ask you to fill out a medical history report. From this information, Dr. Belcher determines if trigger point therapy is safe for you based on your current and previous medical conditions. At Summit Chiropractic your treatment starts on a sterilized table. You may go through breathing exercises first.
