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What is Trigger Point Therapy?

Trigger point therapy is a bodywork technique that involves the applying of pressure to tender muscle tissue in order to relieve pain and dysfunction in other parts of the body. Sometimes massage and trigger point therapy are performed together.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fibromyalgia 9 1 Efficacy_moderate
release tension, relaxes muscles, refered pain 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 4 0
Pain 3 0
Muscle tension 2 0
Improve mobility 2 0

See all 18 patients currently going to Trigger Point Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 4

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Trigger Point Therapy. See all 17 dosages ►

  30 min monthly 1 mg daily 60 min monthly 120 min monthly 30 min weekly 5 min daily 50 min weekly 15 min daily 120 min weekly 30 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Trigger Point Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 31%
Expense 4   Expense: 31%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 31%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 31%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 23%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 8%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped going to Trigger Point Therapy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Trigger Point Therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Going to Trigger Point Therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Trigger Point Therapy

Always
 4 80%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 20%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Trigger Point Therapy

Very
 1 20%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Trigger Point Therapy

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 25%
$25-49
 1 25%
< $25
 2 50%

Report created on February 11, 2012.