Complications of Trigger Point Injection

Tsai, Yu Chuan; Ruiz‐Lopez, Ricardo

doi:10.1002/9781119757306.ch63

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“…Trigger point injections may provide immediate relief of pain overlying the back, hip, or knee joints and can be used in conjunction with physical therapy to help find a permanent resolution for patients experiencing chronic joint pain. Trigger points develop after stress to muscle fibers, usually through acute trauma or repeated microtrauma, and present as focal and discrete painful spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle (Hammi et al, 2022). Physiatrists are trained to identify trigger points that actively cause pain, as well as latent trigger points related to a patient's pain complaints.…”

Section: Trigger Point Injectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physiatry for Treating Hip, Knee, and Back Pain

Mohammadi,

Sedlak

2024

Orthopaedic Nursing

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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) is a rapidly expanding field. Physicians who practice PM&R are known as physiatrists and provide care primarily for patients who have disabilities or physical impairments affecting the musculoskeletal system, brain, and spinal cord. Physiatrists may work in an inpatient or outpatient setting, with outpatient physiatrists being an invaluable resource in treating patients experiencing pain. It is worthwhile to refer patients experiencing hip, knee, or back pain to a PM&R specialist because of their skill in making specific and accurate diagnoses, as well as providing a wide range of modalities to treat pain and augment function such as management of pain medications, osteopathic manipulative therapy, trigger point injections, intra-articular steroid injections, orthobiologic therapy, and interventional spinal procedures. Emphasis is on the use of the least invasive modality before employing more invasive treatments. The need for physiatrists to help individuals maximize function and enhance quality of life is increasing with the aging population, expanding workforce of older adults, and a growing population of people with a disability, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Section: Trigger Point Injectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%