In-Home Trigger Point Therapy in Montreal | Massaya

Release Your Tension Knots

Do you have that painful spot in the trapezius that radiates towards the neck when you press on it? That persistent knot between your shoulder blades that always comes back? These are trigger points — and there is a precise technique to free them permanently. Our certified therapists come to your home in Montreal and Greater Montreal to treat these points precisely.

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What is a trigger point?

A myofascial trigger point (or trigger point) is a hyperirritable area in a skeletal muscle — a tight band of contracted muscle fibers that can no longer relax completely. These points have two distinctive characteristics: they are painful to local pressure, and they reproduce referred pain in an area away from the point itself — this is called the referred pain pattern.

For example, a trigger point in the suboccipital muscle can cause headaches. A stitch in the piriformis can mimic sciatica. A stitch in the infraspinatus muscle can cause shoulder pain felt like bursopathy. This is why so much chronic pain is resistant to conventional treatments — we treat the painful area, not the source.

How is a trigger point treated?

The trigger point release technique involves applying sustained, gradual pressure directly to the point for 30 to 90 seconds — until you feel a reduction in local and referred pain. This ischemic pressure forces contracted muscle fibers to relax, interrupting the pain-contraction-pain cycle.

Additional techniques include post-isometric stretching, transverse friction, assisted active mobilizations and in some cases dry needling — practiced only by therapists who have the appropriate training.

The most frequent areas in Montreal

• Upper trapezius — Referred pain to the temple, neck and behind the eye. The number 1 zone for people who work in the office.
• Suboccipital - Helmet headaches, neck pain, dizziness.
• Elevator scapula — Stiffness of the neck, inability to turn the head completely.
• Lumbar and quadratus lumborum — Diffuse lower back pain, pain when getting up in the morning.
• Piriformis — Buttock pain radiating into the leg (pseudo-sciatica).
• Calves (gastrocnemius) — Night cramps, plantar pain.

We travel throughout Greater Montreal

Montreal (all neighborhoods), Laval, Longueuil, Brossard, North Shore, South Shore.

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