Trigger Point Therapy in Westchester, NY — What Trigger Points Are and How to Get Rid of Them

If you've been dealing with persistent pain — headaches, neck and shoulder tightness, back pain, tennis elbow, sciatica — and nothing seems to work, there's a good chance trigger points are behind it.

Pain clinic doctors estimate that trigger points are the primary cause of pain 75% of the time, and play some role in nearly all pain conditions. Yet most people — including many medical professionals — have never heard of them.

What Is a Trigger Point?

A trigger point occurs when the smallest contractile unit of a muscle — called a sarcomere — enters a chronic state of contraction. These points hide within taut bands of muscle fiber and can be very small — sometimes difficult to detect without a highly trained touch.

Why Trigger Points Cause Pain in Unexpected Places

Trigger points don't just cause pain where they live. They refer pain to other areas of the body — often far from the actual trigger point. A trigger point in your shoulder may be the real source of your chronic headaches. A tight spot in your hip may be generating what feels like knee pain.

This is why so many people cycle through treatments without relief. When you treat the site of the pain rather than the source, you get no results.

What Conditions Do Trigger Points Cause?

Tension headaches and migraines, chronic neck and shoulder pain, low back pain, sciatica symptoms, tennis elbow and golf elbow, carpal tunnel-like symptoms, jaw pain, bursitis and tendonitis symptoms, fibromyalgia-related pain, hip and knee pain.

Are Trigger Points Real?

Yes — absolutely. Multiple peer-reviewed studies confirm their existence. Research by Shah & Gilliams (2008) demonstrated that trigger points have distinct biochemical profiles that can be measured. They emit electrical signals, have been photographed under an electron microscope, and visualized via ultrasound.

How Trigger Point Therapy Works

I locate the trigger points related to your specific pain patterns and treat them directly during our session. Treatment involves firm, sustained pressure — approximately one minute per point. The goal is to bring fresh blood flow to the oxygen-deprived area and break the contraction cycle.

Patience matters. Trigger points that have been present for months may take several weeks of consistent treatment to fully resolve. But they do resolve — without drugs, without injections, without surgery.

In-Home Trigger Point Therapy in Westchester County, NY

Your first session is $125/hour or $175/90 minutes. I come to you throughout Westchester County.

📞 Call or text: (914) 523-0116 📧 oconnelllmt@gmail.com

Serving Bronxville, Scarsdale, Chappaqua, Harrison, White Plains, Eastchester, and the River Towns.