Trigger Points (Speedy Study Guides). Speedy Publishing

      

      Triger Points Chart (Front)

      subclavius

      sternalis

      anterior deltoid

      pectoralis major

      biceps

      palmaris

      mcburney’s

      point

      iliopsoas

      adductor longus

      pectoralis minor

      pectoralis major

      sertatus anterior

      triceps

      externa oblique

      pronator teres

      external oblique

      sartorius

      gracilis

      vastus medialis

      extensor digitorum

      longus

      tibialis anterior

      Trigger points are discrete, focal, hyperirritable spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle. The spots are painful on compression and can produce referred pain, referred tenderness, motor dysfunction, and autonomic phenomena.

      There are six ways to define trigger points in the body. They are either primary or secondary trigger points, active or latent trigger points, or key or satellite trigger points. These definitions tell the differences between the quality of the trigger point.

      Primary/Secondary Trigger Points

      Primary trigger points will activate a secondary trigger point but not vice versa. These can be treated and released.

      Secondary trigger points do not go away if the primary trigger point is treated.

      Active/Latent Trigger Points

      Active trigger points will actively put pain in the area or to another location.

      Latent trigger points do not cause pain in the area or other locations until stress is applied to activate it.

      Triger Points Chart (Back)

      upper trapezius

      supraspinatus

      middle trapezius

      infrapinatus

      erector

      spinae

      iliocostalis

      cuadratus

      lumborum

      gluteus

      medus

      cuadratus

      lumborum

      deep

      iiopsoas

      hamstring

      biceps femoris

      gastroc nemius

      soleus

      levator scapulae

      rhomboids

      iliocostalis thoracis

      posterior deltoid

      latissimus dorsi

      lower trapezius

      gluteus maximus

      gluteus mininmus

      pirformis

      gastroc

      Key/Satellite Trigger Points

      Key trigger points will refer pain in a nerve pathway to activate a latent trigger point or create a latent trigger point.

      Satellite trigger points are activated by key trigger points. They go away if the key trigger point is treated.