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- From: keg@strathspey.llnl.gov (Keith Grant)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Injections of a tender point with anesthetic.
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 18:41:35 GMT
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- There's a fairly extensive literature on myofascial pain and trigger points.
- Common techniques for removing trigger points are injection of a topical
- anesthetic, spray (with a coolant such as ethyl chloride or fluoromethane)
- and stretch, or ischemic pressure.
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- Janet Travell and David Simons published a number of papers and two
- books in this area. A specific reference with a thorough discussion and
- more references is:
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- Simons, D.G. and J.G. Travell: 1983, Myofascial origins of low back pain,
- Postgraduate Medicine, 73(2), pp. 66-92, 99=108.
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- Their books,
- Myofascial pain and dysfunction - the trigger point manual, Vols I & II,
- 1983 & 1992, Williams and Wilkins
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- are quite extensive, but run about $100 per volume.
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- Trigger point techniques are commonly used by physical therapists, many of
- whom might also have more info available.
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