A Critical Overview of the Current Myofascial Pain Literature – April 2018

Publication date: Available online 28 April 2018
Source:Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Author(s): Jan Dommerholt, Li-Wei Chou, Michelle Finnegan, Todd Hooks
Twenty-four basic and clinical studies and case reports are included in this quarters review of the myofascial pain literature. The majority of publication focus on invasive techniques, especially dry needling. We hope, that this not suggest that clinicians and researchers are slowly moving away from manual trigger point (TrP) approaches. While some physiotherapists have bought into the notion that hands-on approaches are a thing of the past, since "pain is in the brain" and "the issues are not in the tissues," there is also a body of research that aims to combine so-called top-down and bottom-up therapies. Combining manual therapy and dry needling with pain neuroscience education is likely the preferred method using a multimodal approach (Puentedura and Flynn, 2016; Lluch Girbes et al., 2015).



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