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Trigger Point: An irritable spot usually found in soft tissue injuries, such as a knot within the muscle.

Trigger Point Myotherapy: Trigger point myotherapy is a noninvasive therapeutic modality for the relief and control of myofascial pain and dysfunction. The goal of treatment is the client’s recovery from or a signifi . . . View Full Definition

Trigger Point Therapy: A method that applies concentrated finger pressure to trigger points to break cycles of spasm and pain.

Trigger: Something that either sets off a disease in people who are genetically predisposed to developing the disease, or that causes a certain symptom to occur in a person who has a disease. For exa . . . View Full Definition

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Midterm Exams (Midterms): During the middle of each semester, instructors may give mid-term exams that test students on the material covered during the first half of the semester. Some classes have only two tests, a . . . View Full Definition

Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy: Based on the discoveries of Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons in which they found the causal relationship between chronic pain and its source, myofascial trigger point therapy is used to r . . . View Full Definition

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