The trapezius is a large band of muscles across the back, shoulders, and neck. Trigger points are raised spots along a band of muscle. They can be caused by exercise, inactivity, or poor posture, like ...

Injected medications can help prevent migraine episodes or treat an active migraine by reducing pain and inflammation. Preventive injectable medications can be self-administered at home. Others ...

If you’ve got a lump on top of your shoulder muscle, you have a good chance of it being a trapezius knot. This type of lump in the trapezius muscle — called a myofascial trigger point — is among the ...

If you have migraines, your doctor may try a variety of treatments to find the ones that give you the most pain relief. Trigger point injections are among the options your doctor may use to ease your ...

When you spend your days sitting at a desk hunched over a keyboard, it's probably not a huge surprise if the occasional massage isn’t enough to unwind the muscle tension in your neck and shoulders. To ...