Trigger points are “generally caused when a muscle gets overloaded and it gets stuck contracted, and the fibers stay [closely] banded together,” Margolis explains.

For many years, fibromyalgia was diagnosed by pressing firmly on 18 typical trigger points or small patches of tightly contracted muscle tissue. If 11 or more of those trigger points were painful ...

Diet: Certain foods can trigger flare-ups. Good nutrition is a must for people with fibromyalgia, but you must identify which foods trigger flare-ups and avoid them.

Now a doctor has revealed four things can actually "trigger" the condition, and there are some things you need to know. Dr Ahmed, known as dra_says online, explained all in a recent health video.

A doctor has revealed four things that can "trigger" fibromyalgia, a condition which causes pain all over the body, after BBC Radio 4 presenter Kirsty Young opened up about her diagnosis ...

While the exact mechanism is still unclear, it is likely that stress on the body due to a viral infection may trigger a fibromyalgia flare. For example, viral infections can increase cortisol ...

Daily injections of growth hormone may help reduce pain and improve the quality of life in some patients with fibromyalgia, new findings of a small study suggest.