The Effectiveness of Trigger Point Therapy on Frozen ShoulderTravell and Simons described trigger points without exaggeration as the scourge of humanity (Davies “The frozen shoulder workbook » 41). Trigger points are so painful that they can reduce a person's quality of life. They can deprive someone of the ability to do simple things like open a car door, wash their hair, or, worse, get their job done. Trigger points are very common and most people will feel a trigger point in their muscles at some point. This article will examine the effectiveness of trigger point therapy on frozen shoulder. One of the most common areas to get a trigger point is the shoulder. When a person has a severe reduction in range of motion, strength, and pain related to shoulder movement, it is usually called frozen shoulder. The term frozen shoulder is a very broad term in the medical community and is not really considered a diagnosis. A frozen shoulder can have many causes: a person may have tendinitis or adhesive capsulitis and they will all be labeled as frozen shoulder. Travell and Simons, considered pioneers of trigger point therapy, strongly disagree with this thought process. They believe their research proves that trigger points are the leading cause of frozen shoulder. When trigger point therapy is used on frozen shoulder, they state that the frozen shoulder will go away. They conducted numerous studies that proved that trigger points could not only be located, but also effectively treated. Travell and Simons define “a trigger point as a highly irritable localized point of exquisite sensitivity within a nodule in a palpable tight band of muscle tissue. (Davies, “Frozen Shoulder...middle of article...more important point. One explanation why trigger point therapy is not so widely known is that many doctors do not receive no training on this subject myofascial pain. As Clair Davies says of doctors in “The Frozen Shoulder Workbook”: “The vast majority cling to outdated beliefs about treating pain” (40). and positive patient outcomes support the effectiveness of trigger point therapy The therapy is an effective therapeutic treatment for a patient with frozen shoulder If a patient with frozen shoulder seeks help from a qualified therapist and doctor. knowing the trigger points, he will recover faster and feel no pain The real question is not how effective trigger point therapy is, but why it is not more widely used...