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From the Institute for Integrative Healthcare

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Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Description:

Myofascial pain syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms that indicate some form of trauma to the muscles leading to a ongoing cycle of spasm, ischemia and chronic pain creating "trigger points" with local and referred pain.

Precautions:

Massage can help to break the pain-spasm-pain cycle and reduce the metabolic waste that accumulates around trigger points.

Can be alleviated by:

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