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If you’ve got a lump on top of your shoulder muscle, you have a good chance of it being a trapezius knot. This type of lump in the trapezius muscle — called a myofascial trigger point — is among the ...

Trigger points, a.k.a. “knots,” are tender, palpable spots that can hamper your mobility and often radiate pain to other areas of the body. Beyond messing with your running, they can make everyday ...

Over the past few years of reviewing health and fitness products, I’ve tested over a dozen different massage guns. While they all have the same function — percussive therapy — there are subtle ...

Trigger point release may be done with the practitioner’s hands, as a type of massage treatment, or by using small needles, known as dry needling. It can help relieve pain and other symptoms. Trigger ...