Chapter 11 - Chapman's Points and Trigger Points

Question 1

Description of anterior chapman’s points

Answer 1

Smooth, firm, palpable 2-3 mm nodules in the deep fascia or periosteum

Question 2

Description of posterior chapman’s points

Answer 2

Rubbery points between spinous and transverse processes of vertebrae (MOST)

Question 3

Describe the pain from a chapman’s point

Answer 3

Sharp, non-radiating, very distressing

Question 4

Chapman’s points are used more for ___ than for ___

Thought to represent ____

Answer 4

Diagnosis, treatment

The somatic manifestation of a visceral dysfunction

Question 5

A hypersensitive focus within a taut band of skeletal muscle or muscle fascia, painful and can cause referred pain, tenderness, and autonomic phenomena

Answer 5

Trigger point

Question 6

Trigger points develop in the same way as what?

Answer 6

Facilitation (Viscero-somatic reflexes)

Question 7

A trigger point represents the somatic manifestation of ______, ______, or ______

Answer 7

A viscero-somatic, somato-visceral, or somato-somatic reflex

Question 8

5 ways to treat a trigger point

Answer 8

• ***Spray and stretch vapocoolant spray
• ***Injection w/ local anesthetic
• ME
• MFR
• US, reciprocal inhibition, or ischemic compression

Question 9

Hypersensitive, taut bands within muscle that are painful when pressed, and are used as a treatment monitor for counterstrain

Do they refer pain?

Answer 9

Tenderpoints

NO