Thai Yoga Massage & Trigger Point Therapy combined - Thai Healing Art School Style

A new and Innovative approach for Thai Yoga Massage

Trigger points are areas of tenderness in a muscle. Trigger point therapy is a bodywork technique that involves applying pressure to tender tissue in order to relieve pain and dysfunction in other parts of the body and to develop ROM. Trigger points differ from acupressure points. Acupressure points are concentrations of energy or blockages on the body's energy pathways, whereas trigger points are physical phenomena that can be felt by touch.

Latent trigger points only exhibit pain when compressed. When giving Thai Yoga Massage by palming or thumbing on the clients’ energy lines of the body, trigger points can be felt in the muscles. You will learn how to feel for trigger points on clients’ bodies and how to treat them on all the Thai Yoga Massage Courses at the Thai Healing Art School International Chiang Mai, Thailand. In Thai Yoga Massage there are various positions for stretching the clients’ muscles in such a way that it is easy to go deep inside the muscle and find latent trigger points.

Active trigger points cause muscular pain and will refer pain and tenderness to another area of the body when pressure is applied. They are also referred to as muscle knots. The purpose of Thai Yoga Massage and Trigger Point Therapy combined is to eliminate pain and to re-educate the muscles into pain-free habits. After several treatments, the swelling and stiffness of neuromuscular pain is reduced, range of motion is increased, tension is relieved, and circulation, flexibility and coordination are improved.

Trigger points manifest as local or referred pain and can be a sign of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Acute trauma or repetitive micro trauma may lead to the development of stress on muscle fibres and the formation of trigger points. This can result in a decreased range of motion (ROM) in the affected muscles. Knowledge of trigger points is developed experientially during all Thai Yoga Massage courses.