Myofascial pain syndromes cause weakness, restriction of motion, acute (sudden) pain, and chronic (long lasting) pain. They can be felt as numbness, burning, tingling or aching. The pain typically varies with physical activity, changes in weather, quality of sleep and emotional stress. Myofascial pain comes from myofascial trigger points that form in muscle tissue and fascia (connective tissue). Trigger points often feel like small nodules in the muscle. More active trigger points are tender and generate referral pain patterns when they are pushed on. They cause varying types of pain that include cramping, burning, aching, numbness and tingling. Less active myofascial trigger points can predispose a person to acute pain attacks and cause: muscle weakness and early fatigue (with no sign of muscle wasting), and restriction of motion, with or without pain (i.e. frozen shoulder, tight hamstrings).
Muscle pain and tenderness.
Syndrome a chronic localized pain condition of soft tissue with associated trigger points which refer pain to other areas of the body.
Dull, aching muscle pain of uncertain cause. When it occurs in the facial muscles, it's sometimes confused with TN because the pain can be triggered by touching the area.
A large group of muscle disorders characterized by the presence of hypersensitive points, called trigger points, within one or more muscles and/or the investing connective tissue together with a syndrome of pain, muscle spasm, tenderness, stiffness, limitation of motion, weakness, and occasionally autonomic dysfunction.
an aching pain in muscles that tends to be associated with poor posture; patients can become sore in different parts of the body, such as the neck and arms, and often report they have difficulty sleeping or feeling restored from sleep.
A regional aching pain associated with localized tenderness in firm bands of muscle and tendons (trigger points). Usually continuous dull pain in one or more muscles and may have reproducible alteration of pain complaints with palpation of specific tender areas termed "active" trigger points.
Pain in the muscular and fascial components of soft tissues.
Pain and tenderness in the muscles and adjacent fibrous tissues (fascia).
the most common form of temporomandibular disorder; discomfort or pain in the muscles that control jaw function and the neck and shoulder muscles.