Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a major musculoskeletal pain that occur in every age group, and has been associated with numerous pain conditions including radiculopathies, osteoarthritis, disc syndrome, tendonitis, migraines, tension type headaches, computerrelated disorders, spinal dysfunction, and pelvic pain. Myofascial pain is identified by palpating skeletal muscle for myofascial trigge...

OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of deep dry needling in the treatment of temporomandibular myofascial pain. STUDY DESIGN We selected 36 patients with myofascial pain located in the external pterygoid muscle (30 women/6 men, mean age=27 years with SD±6.5). We studied differences in pain with a visual analog scale and range of mandibular movements before and...

www.eymj.org We read with great interest the article by Shin, et al. in the May 2014 issue of the Yonsei Medical Journal. The authors described the application of ultrasound-guided (USG) trigger point injection for myofascial trigger points in the subscapularis and pectoralis muscles to post-mastectomy patients. The article was supported by four USG pictures. We, as anesthesiologists, have been...

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...

background: lateral epicondylitis, also known as tennis elbow, is the most common overuse syndrome of the elbow. the severity of pain may not be directly caused by tendinopathy of wrist extensors since trigger points of the shoulder muscles have a referral zone in the arm and elbow. therefore the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dry needling of shoulder myofascial trigger points ...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) constitutes a substantial portion of the pain spectrum, acute and chronic, as both the primary cause of disability, and as a complication arising from other problems such as failed low back surgery, cervical whiplash, overuse, or repetitive strain syndrome. MPS is a very specific type of muscular pain, and is not to be confused with fibromyalgia. It is common afte...