04/18/2026
Personally experiencing decades of chronic pain is what led me into this career. I have found that a combination of gentle techniques (myofascial release, cranial sacral therapy) that target the nervous system and connective tissue plus trigger point massage is very effective.
Trigger points (and scars) are sneaky as they refer pain to other areas of the body. For example, there is a spot in the calf that causes pain in the lower back at the SI joint! A wonderful thing about trigger points, though, is that once we identify them, you are able to work on them yourself at home.
Soleus trigger point diagram, pain patterns and related medical symptoms. The myofascial pain pattern has pain locations that are displayed in red and associated trigger points shown as Xs.