trigger point referral patterns

Question 1

upper trapezius

Answer 1

question mark around the ear

Question 2

lower trapezius

Answer 2

back of the shoulder

Question 3

middle trapezius

Answer 3

adjacent to c7

Question 4

splenius capitis

Answer 4

top of the head

Question 5

splenius cervicis

Answer 5

behind the eye, lateral base of the neck

Question 6

scm sternal head

Answer 6

around the eye and back of the head

Question 7

scm clavicular head

Answer 7

above the eyes and in/behind the ear

Question 8

suboccipitals

Answer 8

anterior/posterior to the ear

Question 9

levator scapula

Answer 9

medial border of scapula and lateral base of the neck

Question 10

occipitofrontalis

Answer 10

above/behind the eye, superoposterior head

Question 11

supraspinatus

Answer 11

lateral shoulder and elbow

Question 12

rhomboids

Answer 12

medial border of scapula

Question 13

pectoralis major

Answer 13

anterior shoulder, medial upper limb, anterior chest

Question 14

pectoralis minor

Answer 14

anterior shoulder, medial to inferior angle of scapula, inferior to the armpit

Question 15

temporalis

Answer 15

upper teeth, on the muscle (which teeth and where on the muscle corresponding to fibres in TrP)

Question 16

quadratus lumborum (superficial)

Answer 16

inferior to iliac crest, greater trochanter

Question 17

quadratus lumborum (deep)

Answer 17

lateral border of scarum, lower glutes

Question 18

gluteus medius

Answer 18

lower lateral glutes, lateral side of the upper limb, posterior side of lower limb

Question 19

gluteus minimus

Answer 19

lateral border of scarum, posterolateral glutes