Pain Relief using Trigger Point Injections in Virginia

Trigger point injections (TPI) are a treatment procedure performed to relieve pain from tight myofascial trigger points. Trigger points are tight muscle knots. They irritate the nerves, causing referred pain (also called reflective pain), which is pain that’s perceived in a different or distant site from the painful stimulus’s location. Careful management of trigger points helps you manage severe conditions such as fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, and other chronic musculoskeletal disorders.

TPI injects saline, steroids, or local anesthesia to relieve discomfort in the tender skeletal muscle knots. This is thought to mechanically disrupt the trigger points, resulting in relaxation and muscle fiber lengthening. The needling impact is believed to induce the release of intracellular potassium that depolarizes and disrupts nerve conduction. Depending on the injected fluid, it may reduce the irritability of nerve sensitizing substances, improving nerve sensitivity.

The effects are reduced muscle tension and muscle spasm. The result also reduces the occurrence of headaches due to myofascial pain.