The vastus medialis trigger points refer a toothache-like pain deep in the knee joint that may disappear after a few weeks, only to be replaced by a sudden weakness in the knee (a condition called “buckling knee”) that causes a person to unexpectedly fall while walking.
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Rectus Femoris Trigger Point: The Knee Pain Trigger Points – Part 2
Dr. Travell called this muscle the “two-joint puzzler” because of its ability to cause trouble at both the hip joint and the knee joint. The trigger point in the rectus femoris causes a deep aching pain in the front of the knee, even though the trigger point itself is located up near the hip joint.
Vastus Lateralis Trigger Points: The Knee Pain Trigger Points – Part 1
The vastus lateralis trigger points refer pain to the outside of the thigh, knee, and upper lower leg. They may also cause the “stuck patella” or “locked knee cap” conditions in which the knee cap fails to track up and down naturally during movements of the knee.
Adductor Magnus Trigger Point: The PMS Trigger Point
Would you believe me if I told you that the monthly scourge that disrupts the lives of women everywhere could be easily beaten back with a simple trigger point therapy technique? If you are a woman, probably not. (If you are a man, well your opinion just doesn’t matter in this situation, ha ha.)
The Hamstring Trigger Points: Hiding in Plain Sight
The hamstring muscle group is the workhorse of human ambulation. Just to stand upright requires a continuous effort from these muscles, making them some of the most overworked muscles in the body.
Where there is muscular overload there is trigger point activity, and the hamstrings are frequently a hotbed of both latent and active trigger points. These trigger points cause the obvious symptoms of back of the thigh and knee pain, but they also play a prominent, but less obvious, role in a whole range of musculoskeletal complaints.