Myofascial trigger point injections are frequently indicated for myofascial pain syndrome and are performed as blind procedures. Although these injections are usually safe and effective, complications resulting in pneumothorax, epidural abscess, skeletal muscle toxicity, and intrathecal injection been reported. Avoiding the risk of radiation, ultrasonography provides real-time visualization of ...

Chronic neck pain is widely prevalent and a common source of disability in the working-age population. Etiology of chronic neck pain includes neck sprain, mechanical or muscular neck pain, myofascial pain syndrome, postural neck pain as well as pain due to degenerative changes. We report the case of a 42 year old secretary, complaining about a longer history of neck pain and limited movement of...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic pain patients have lower pain threshold, thus having pain in other parts of the body. This study aimed at evaluating the presence of temporomandibular disorders in patients with chronic pain in different parts of the body comparing them to a pain-free control group. In addition, we tried to determine which group had more temporomandibular disorder symptoms and...

p ~atients with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) and trigger points (TP) present to every health ! care provider. Despite vigorous treatment, patients with progressive MPS often request a referral to a pain specialist. MPS is a common regional pain syndrome associated with chronic soft tissue dysfunction. Patients with MPS suffer from persistent pain and may end up with a decreased range of motio...

Introduction: Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome (MPDS) is one of the most important causes of the orofacial pain. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate 40 related variables in this regard. Materials and Methods: Thirty nine patients with MPDS were evaluated in this study. Different factors including age, gender, occupation, marital status, sensitivity of masticatory muscles, maximum...

Readers who are seriously interested in the promising potential of electromyographic detection of endplate noise as a gold standard for identifying TrPs and its likely limitations should be sure to consider the comments on and compare the papers by Couppe et al. and by Kuan et al. that are reviewed in this column. Those interested in writing a first-class paper on clinical research on TrPs shou...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a major musculoskeletal pain that occur in every age group, and has been associated with numerous pain conditions including radiculopathies, osteoarthritis, disc syndrome, tendonitis, migraines, tension type headaches, computerrelated disorders, spinal dysfunction, and pelvic pain. Myofascial pain is identified by palpating skeletal muscle for myofascial trigge...

Many people continue suffering from myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) defined as a regional pain syndrome characterized by muscle pain caused by myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) clinically. Muscle spasm and block of blood circulation can be noticed in the taut bands. In the MTrP region, nociceptors can be sensitized by the peripheral inflammatory factors and contracture of fascia can also be indu...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) constitutes a substantial portion of the pain spectrum, acute and chronic, as both the primary cause of disability, and as a complication arising from other problems such as failed low back surgery, cervical whiplash, overuse, or repetitive strain syndrome. MPS is a very specific type of muscular pain, and is not to be confused with fibromyalgia. It is common afte...