Just found that trigger this am. very important to the healing of my shoulder pain. This trigger hurts pretty good for sure. Anticipating some real good relief from this.

Thank you for this informative, well researched and extremely relevant information. I plan to go on to study Trigger Point therapy , this was the best Intro ever!

Very informative and helpful thanks.

I had pain in my wrist for months. I stretched and released some trigger points in the subscapularis and now the pain is nearly gone! Thanks!

excellent information. thank you!

omg i am so happy I i found thi s thank god

Hey Nice video.. I was googling cause I started to feel pain in that area, so now I know what it is and how can I treated, at least some therapy to do in home.

Thank you, this is very helpful.

Gave a very clear explanation of the deltoid. I was trying to picture what it looked like inside where this pain was originating, thank you

you know your stuff...cool

Based in the Uk, I developed crippling pain in my front left jaw. The pain lasted for ten months until in the end I could only sleep for a few minutes between attacks and then only standing up. I saw four consultants, three doctors, two dentists (one being a dental consultant). I was incorrectly given a very expensive root canal filling! Finally, It was assumed that I had Trigeminal Neuralgia and offered enough drugs for pain to stock a pharmacy, none of which were effective and none of which I continued with. A friend of the family, who is also a gynecologist, correctly identified scm and gave me assistance to remove the problem. I was lucky as I had not then discovered your work, which, had I done so, would have solved my problem much earlier. In the UK, doctors have little or no understanding of scm, however it is becoming the scourge of the computer generations. Please continue with your work as it is invaluable. I only wish you were based here! Many thanks and best wishes, Simon.

Great videos Dr. Perry! Definitely will recommend them to some of my patients.

This is phenomenal! thank you!

Thanks for the video share! I've been having "migraines for several months now" that all started when I was driving for a living during the day and coming home and playing video games at night. One morning I woke up and felt very dizzy and had a massive headache and it has never really gone away for over 3 months. I've been diagnosed for migraines and taken many medications that have worse side effects than the actual migraine/dizziness. My symptoms are... - headache - lightheaded - chest pain (tender) - Blurred vision - sensitivity to light/sound that comes and goes Does this sound like SCM Issue?

Really cool information. Thank you for the video

I am getting great results with medical patients who are open to instruction and learning more self-care Still looking for a good therapist in the Asheville North Carolina area however

It works! It works! The pain is gone!

Excelente! Many thanks for good info. : )

As a physical therapist I see this to often be a powerful place to treat for people who have not had relief. Often they've seen their primary physician, a spine surgeon, a neuro surgeon, a chiropractor, and a physical therapist. The patient says they have back pain so the healthcare practitioner looks at the spine. Once we bark up the right tree the patient has amazing relief. Sometimes I also see pain down the leg that is similar to "sciatica" or "piriformis syndrome". Why the pain mimics the sciatic nerve pattern and is unknown, but treating that trigger point as described above is very powerful. I treat it with acupuncture needles using a technique physical therapist call "dry needling", but the major key is to treat that trigger point and awesome results happen if this is the primary cause of their problem.

thanks lov ya. now i know i have a problem to fix

Very interresting article.

A-B duction is usually pronounced that way to differentiate it from AD-duction. The "mispronunciation" is intentional.

very good explanation

Whoa...Excellent explanation and demonstration. As a massage therapist, this is great information for continued studies. Thank you for sharing!

Great presentation.

Youre awesome, thanks for this! :-)

Great video! My only question is why you pronounce "abduct" as A-B-duct and not in the usual way, in two syllables with a short a, as in "abdominal." Is this to distinguish it form adduction?

thanks for being a real person, and not some robot

Good

THANKS FOR SUCHH ANICE EXPLANATION

The green shows the point of origin for the muscles. Yes, it would be tendons attaching to those points. But it's also tendons that attach to the blue colored areas.

Very nice

wow ! it works ! thanks a million for posting

I have neck pains when i wake up every morning and an elevated shoulder. I'm not sure if its my upper trap, levator...or something else that's wrong...

thank you

Could you please show me or give me a link to what do you exactly mean by lateral flexion. I want an exercise that activates both the upper trapezius and the levator scapula

Did you ever figure your problem out? I have the same.

I have the same kind of pain it drives me crazy!!!!!

good video, thank you

I just finished the all 7 videos! Thank you!! Very well done!

awesomeness!

the girl in the video pictures does not have low back pain i can see it, why don't you show a real case?

@maria Healy it can go either way some ppl say A-B or A-D duction instead of ab or add duction

My anatomy instructor always pronounced the terms in the same manner... it totally avoids confusion. Thanks for your great work with the trigger point videos. I practice these techniques daily and solve way more complaints than my early days of adjustment only practice.

Sorry to be a pedant - it's pronounced AB-duction not A-B duction. Good video

Got it. Still a detailed informational video. Apprecitae your time and efforts :)

It's just a way to distinguish between the words adduction and abduction, as they sound very similar. My old anatomy professor use to pronounce it that way and I guess it stuck with me.

why does she keep saying a b duction, as opposed to abduction? i was never taught, nor have i heard any other therapist or instructor pronounce it that way. strange

I can barely stand/walk anymore.... Pain in the gluteus and all the way down My leg. Flares up when walking, "Limping" and standing. Pain so bad, it's intolerable. Dr. gave Me a toderal shot and nothing. What is it? Any advice? I need help! Chiropractor did nothing for Me. Thanks

BRAVO! I will be sharing this and your other visuals for my Massage Therapy Practice and my Personal Training practice.