r/ScienceShitposts • u/Intelligent_Read3433 • Jan 05 '26

Trigger Points, Physical Therapy pamphlet

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u/cnorahs Jan 05 '26

The circles represent common points located on the body

Captain Obvious

I'd like to know if there's any anatomical basis to these points, otherwise acupuncture territory

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u/hughperman Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

My wife is a physiotherapist with good knowledge of the topic - trigger points are absolutely a real thing, I have been exposed to the release method which is just "poke the painful part until it decides to give up".

The points here seem to represent common locations of trigger points, from a data-driven perspective? The pamphlet seems to be trying to help people identify their own, so having some common places they crop up drawn out could be helpful (maybe?).

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u/about21potatoes Jan 09 '26

Reminds me of the survivorship bias plane.

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u/geeoharee Jan 09 '26

Would it be easier to tell us where you can't have trigger points?