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Free Webinar from author of Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches and Migraines

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Great news!  Valerie DeLaune, author of Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches and Migraines, will be offering a free webinar on Tuesday, the 10th of July 2012.  The topic is "Understanding Trigger Points".

Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches and Migraines

We’ve talked about trigger points here before (see Trigger Points and headache – Fakery or Fact?.  I’ve promised to talk about them some more – but it’s been 4 years, and some of you are losing hope!

So while you’re waiting, take in this great seminar and learn more about trigger points and how they impact your overall health.

If you’re a massage therapist or a another type of hands-on health professional, you’ll especially appreciate this seminar, which will help you better understand how to help your patients.

Here’s the official description of the event:

About 75% of the time, pain is caused by trigger points.  Pain syndromes cannot be treated effectively without identifying and treating trigger points, since about 74% of trigger points are remote to where your patient feels symptoms.  Trigger points usually refer pain in fairly consistent patterns, and you can use "pain guides" to figure out which muscles may potentially harbor trigger points causing pain and other symptoms.

Trigger points are caused and perpetuated by poor ergonomics, injuries, structural problems, and several medical conditions.  Resolution of these perpetuating factors is crucial to relieving trigger points.  Tips will be given for incorporating trigger point treatments into existing practices.

This is a limited space event – be sure to register ahead of time right here.

Trigger points: A key to stopping Cluster Headache Pain?

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I was mentioning in a previous article that I would like to see more studies on cluster headache and trigger points.  Well, looks like researchers are getting going with making my wish come true!

The question is this: do myofascial trigger points have anything to do with cluster headache pain?  And if they do, what if you could desensitize the trigger points – would the pain decrease?

One small study found the answer to be yes.  Patients with both episodic cluster headache and chronic cluster patients were evaluated.  They all had mayofascial trigger points.  Then they were given anaesthetic injections – some before an attack, and some in an attempt to stop an attack.

The injections were successful in almost 85% of patients.  Researchers feel that, along with other preventative medication, injections in trigger points may be a significant treatment for cluster.

Of course, this research isn’t just for the purpose of using anaesthetic injections for treatment – it also confirms that trigger points are a factor in cluster headache pain.  That means that other trigger point treatment could lead to significant improvement in cluster headache patients.

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