MYOFASCIAL pain is a significant source of discomfort in individuals with regional pain symptomatology. The prevalence of myofascial pain ranges from around 20% in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) to 30% in patients with regional pain complaints seen in primary care clinics to upward of 85% in patients presenting to specialized pain management centers. To understand the origin of myofa...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic abdominal pain may originate in visceral, somatic or nervous structures. Diagnosis is challenging and, prolonged cases with atypical development, the possibility of a myofascial syndrome should be considered. The objective was to report case post-surgical chronic perpetuated by presence trigger points musculature wall. CASE REPORT: Male patient, 15 ye...

Participants with Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) of the neck were randomly assigned into 2 groups of the double-blinded study: topical cetylated fatty ester complex (CFEC) cream application plus physical therapy (CF-PT; n=37), and placebo cream application plus physical therapy (PL-PT; n=35). There were 3 visits during 4 weeks of treatment. Physical Therapy (PT), given twice/week, included Isch...

Pain is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon that depends on the interaction of biopsychosocial factors. Between 15-25% of adults suffer from chronic pain at some point in their lives. Cervical chronic pain is considered a public health problem affecting 9.6% men and 21.9% women, according to the latest National Health Survey 2011-12. A high percentage of medical consultations due to muscle ...

BACKGROUND Myofascial pain is defined as pain that originates from myofascial trigger points in skeletal muscle. It is prevalent in regional musculoskeletal pain syndromes, either alone or in combination with other pain generators. The myofascial pain syndrome is one of the largest groups of under diagnosed and under treated medical problems encountered in clinical practice. Trigger points are ...

RATIONALE Muscle pain can be elicited by any irritation of the nociceptors in the muscle or central sensitization in the central nervous system. The most frequently described muscle pain syndromes are myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome. Myofascial pain syndrome has a more localized manifestation, the trigger points. OBJECTIVE If there is a correlation between the clinical find...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of myofascial pain and the outcome of transvaginal pelvic floor physical therapy for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain caused by myofascial pelvic pain in a tertiary care facility. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review was performed on all women who presented to our facility between January 2005 and December 2007. Those diagnosed with myofascial pe...