we don’t chase “hurt so good” as a goal in itself. We aim for pressure that feels meaningful but tolerable, that your nervous system can actually relax into rather than fight against.
A recent review of trigger point theory and muscle pain emphasizes that myofascial trigger points likely involve an interplay of biomechanical and neurophysiological mechanisms, including sustained sarcomere contraction, local ischemia and sensitized nociceptors, but it also acknowledges limitations in the research.
