“A trigger point is a tight area within muscle tissue that causes pain in other parts of the body. A trigger point in the back, for example, may produce referral pain in the neck. The neck, now acting as a satellite trigger point, may then cause pain in the head. The pain may be sharp and intense or a dull ache.” When you have one of these it can be rather debilitating, and as a runner one in you calf muscle is no laughing manner.
There are a few lessons I’m taking away from this experience:
- One friend said, “Just sit in it (the stretch) and exist in the pain.”
- Healing takes time.
- Having someone else work the knot out hurts but is possible.
- Working the knot out myself is not as effective.
- Tools help, but another person is better.
- It can return on the furthest point of your run away from home.
- The pain is rough but you are physically alright
But you come to a point in your life when you can’t pull the trigger anymore.
Evel Knievel
Web Theologian 
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