Neuromuscular Therapy & Trigger Point Massage

Trigger points are small, hyper-irritable knots inside taut bands of muscle. They refer pain in characteristic patterns - a piriformis trigger point can refer all the way down the leg as classic "sciatica," an upper-trap trigger point can refer up into a tension headache, a sub-scapularis trigger point can mimic a frozen shoulder.

NMT applies sustained, precise pressure on each trigger point, typically held for 30-90 seconds, until the local twitch and referred-pain pattern release. The muscle then resets at a longer, calmer length, and the referred pain often disappears entirely.

Best for

Clients with persistent, location-specific pain that "moves" or "refers" - especially nerve-feeling pain like sciatica, headaches or rotator-cuff pain - and desk workers with chronic upper-body tension.

How a session works

A neuromuscular session begins with palpation of the painful region to map every trigger point and the muscles referring into it. Payton then works through each point with sustained pressure, follows up with longitudinal stripping to clear the band, and finishes with mobility work to retrain the muscle at its new length. Most clients notice a dramatic reduction in their referred-pain pattern by the end of a single session.