Methods Of Treating Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Heat Treatment

Heat treatment, also known as therapeutic heating or thermotherapy, can also loosen muscles and relieve pain caused by myofascial pain syndrome. In fact, therapeutic heating is an effective treatment for many types of muscle pain, including trigger points. Heat feels reassuring and comforting, so its effects are partly psychological. It also penetrates beneath the skin’s surface and thus stimulates blood flow and other healthful reactions. Heat treatments can be local or systemic. An example of a local treatment would be the therapist placing a heat pack, hot water bottle, or something similar on the sore spot. A systemic treatment affects the entire body, and in systemic treatment, the therapist tries to raise the patient’s temperature with a steam bath or hot shower.

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