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  • Title: Regional myofascial pain syndrome and headache: principles of diagnosis and management.
    Author: Graff-Radford SB.
    Journal: Curr Pain Headache Rep; 2001 Aug; 5(4):376-81. PubMed ID: 11403742.
    Abstract:
    Myofascial pain is frequently overlooked in dealing with headache pain. Myofascial pain is defined as pain and/or autonomic phenomena referred from active trigger points, with associated dysfunction. The trigger point is a focus of hyperirritability in the muscle, that when compressed, is locally tender, and if sensitized, gives rise to referred pain and tenderness. The therapy for myofascial pain requires enhancing central inhibition through pharmacology or behavioral techniques and simultaneously reducing peripheral inputs through physical therapies including exercises and trigger point-specific therapy.
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