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Over the past few years of reviewing health and fitness products, I’ve tested over a dozen different massage guns. While they all have the same function — percussive therapy — there are subtle ...

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Trigger points, a.k.a. “knots,” are tender, palpable spots that can hamper your mobility and often radiate pain to other areas of the body. Beyond messing with your running, they can make everyday ...

You know when you’re gliding over a foam roller and all of a sudden, you hit that sweet spot—and by sweet, we mean teeth-grinding, stomach-clenching sore spot? That’s not just a sore spot, that’s a ...

Trigger point release may be done with the practitioner’s hands, as a type of massage treatment, or by using small needles, known as dry needling. It can help relieve pain and other symptoms. Trigger ...

Trigger points can arise from stress, anxiety, and even vitamin deficiencies. So how can they be treated? This thermal image of the body highlights a region that contains common trigger points. We don ...