How to use these pages.
The X's represent the Trigger Points. There is no difference between the black and white X’s. The red shaded area is the referred pain caused by the Trigger Point and the darker red means more people experienced pain in that area. This example diagram is for the Abductor Digiti Minimi for the foot:
Primary and Secondary Symptoms
Primary MTrP Symptoms - These Muscle Trigger Points (MTrPs) are the Primary (Main) and the most often cause of pain in a particular area, the Pain Referral area of the MTrPs.
Secondary MTrP Symptoms - These Muscle Trigger Points (MTrPs) are the ones that continue the pain in a particular area AFTER you have treated all the Primary MTrPs. Travell, MD felt it important to address/treat the Secondary MTrPs also for full relief of pain in a particular area.
Purchase Diagrams
These triggerpoint and referred pain diagrams can be purchased from Amazon. The diagrams are available in a very useful flip chart as well as in the original
Flip Chart
Travell and Simons' Trigger Point Flip Charts
Triggerpoint Manual
Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual (2-Volume Set)
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Information Source
Most of the information was adapted from Travell and Simons Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual, Volumes 1 and 2. If you have or treat people with pain, it is an invaluable resource. It contains excellent Trigger Point drawings, and also includes specific information such as symptoms for each muscle and related Trigger Points.
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