Muscle knots are small bump like areas of muscle that can be painful to the touch.
Laser treatment for muscle knots.
This may be the result of muscle knots.
A 10 minute treatment with a 30 watt laser will produce 18 000 joules which gives a significant pain relieving anti inflammatory and healing effect patients usually begin to feel better after 1 or 2 treatments although 5 or more may be needed to resolve the problem.
These tense muscle fibers can cause pain in other parts of the body when touched.
The medical term for muscle knots is myofascial trigger points.
Muscle knots are actually hyperirritable spots in muscle or fascial tissue bands or sheets of connective tissue known as myofascial trigger points says charleston.
Knots are comprised of tense muscle fibers.
Trigger points typically fall into one of two categories.
What are muscle knots.
Muscle aches after an intense workout is common with problem areas being the shoulders neck or upper back.