Trigger Point Therapy - Applying Heat

Many therapists will recommend heat and ice therapy for patients to help manage pain between trigger point treatments.

Both heat and ice are commonly used as a key component of effective trigger point treatment.

This usually includes massage, compression, stretching and the application of both ice and heat at time of treatment.

[dhanushkajayathilaka]

HI, My daguter is 11 years old and she was asked to do contrast therapy with 6 minutes ice, 4 minutes hot water, 6 minutes ice, hot water 4 minutes and finally ice again for 6 minutes..is this a good approach

[Knud]

Thanks a lot! Will the trigger points be more sensitive to the heat? I've noticed that if I apply heat to my inner thigh, there are some very heat sensitive small spots, while most of the inner thigh is not sensitive to the same heat.

[kevhendrix]

Or you can skip all the nonsense and buy a 10 dollar heating pad