Myofascial Pain: An Update

Background: Myofascial pain, and its characteristic myofascial trigger points, is very common in physiotherapy practice. Objective/Method: This article, an update from 2006, reviews the latest research and points out some potential clinical implications for daily physiotherapy practice. Results/Conclusions: Myofascial pain is beginning to gain recognition as a neuromuscular disease and scientific studies of myofascial trigger points (MTrP) have found objective abnormalities that, together with observed changes in motor and sensory characteristics, implicate peripheral and central mechanisms in the development of…