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What are trigger point injections given for?
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Relieve pain: Trigger points are areas of the nervous system considered extra sensitive to stimuli which normally would cause no problem but since they are hypersensitive - they cause pain and other symptoms. Injection of numbing medication or anti-inflammatories can relieve the local stress and cut down the frequency of attacks; occasionally curing the problem.
Answered 8/4/2017
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Trigger points: Trigger points are "knots" in muscular tissue. Usually the injections are given when those knots do not respond to less invasive treatment.
Answered 3/21/2015
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