Maria is a 42-year-old avid runner who’s been battling chronic hip and low back pain for months. While traditional strength ...

Many patients are labeled with fibromyalgia simply because they have chronic soft tissue pain. But it is important, at least for the sake of correctness, that not all chronic soft tissue pain be ...

Botulinum toxin A has been shown to be ineffective in treating cervical myofascial pain syndrome, according to an Anesthesiology News report. A study presented at the 2010 annual fall meeting of the ...

“In rheumatology, the fascia is often the source of pain. There is a lot of manual work to be done on these tissues before considering other treatments such as injections. We certainly make a lot of ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Today, I’m thrilled to sit down with Abhinav (Abhi) Gautam MD, a trained anesthesiologist and expert in fascial anatomy and therapy, ...

This thermal image of the body highlights a region that contains common trigger points. We don’t know exactly how trigger points form but it is thought to be associated with chronic stretch or ...