Trigger points are often misdiagnosed by doctors and mistaken for other
maladies as bursitis or nerve impingement. As a result, they prescribe pain
medications for masking the pain or perform injection therapy of Botox,
cortisone, prescribe physical therapy, or worse, surgery.
of treatments by a skilled trigger point You will want to insure the pain does not
therapy specialist. How many treatments return and make the appropriate changes
depends on how long you have had the in your lifestyle and avoid those indica-
pain and how your body responds to the tors that have caused the trigger points. If
therapy. You may feel sore the next day physical therapy and other pain man-
after therapy and may even feel worse agement protocols have not worked to
before you start to feel better. The therapy resolve your pain, then the trigger points
is intense and painful for most, but in likely were never addressed.
order to become pain free and man-
age the pain, you must be patient with Reid Medical Massage specializes
your body’s response and attend regular in Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy and
sessions as suggested by the trigger point Thai Massage for deep and effective
therapy specialist. The minimum is once healing of chronic and nagging pain.
per week, and depending on the sever- Workers’ comp, auto accidents, and
ity of the pain, more sessions per week Blue Options accepted. Reid Medical
may be required. The more aggressive Massage is located at 2699 Stirling Rd.,
you are with the treatment in the begin- Ste. C306F, Ft Lauderdale 33312. Visit
ning of therapy, the quicker the results. www.reidmedicalmassage.com or call
Then a maintenance schedule of one to for appointment 954.865.8310. $20.00
two times per month should be followed. off 1st visit.
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