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What are these taut bands of muscles that hurt when i press them?
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Trigger Points: Trigger points are focal areas of muscle fibers within a muscle that are hyper irritable. They are felt to be small areas of contracted muscles located within taut bands of muscle. When these trigger points are pressed they produce pain locally and can cause referred pain to a different site.
Answered 10/3/2016
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