“…Repetitive strain or trauma produces muscle inflammation that may lead to pain (Yassi, 1997, Melhorn, 1998, Latko et al, 1999, Stauber, 2004, which may re-emerge months or even years after the initial injury (Tjepkema, 2003). We have previously shown that intradermal administration of carrageenan produces cutaneous hyperalgesia, and following complete recovery of nociceptive threshold, hyperalgesia produced by subsequent administration of inflammatory mediators is significantly longer than that produced in naïve controls (Aley et al, 2000, Dina et al, 2003, Parada et al, 2003b.…”