Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland.
Adv Clin Exp Med. 2012 Sep-Oct;21(5):681-5.
Myofascial pain located in the area of the head is a very common disease of the stomatognathic system. The fact that the mechanism of its development is very complex may cause a variety of problems in diagnosis and therapy. Patients diagnosed with this type of affliction usually need a variety of different therapies. Massage therapy can be a significant method of treatment of myofascial pain. That kind of therapy is clinically useful as it improves the subjective and objective health status of the patient and is easy to follow. The aim of this paper is to show the physiological effect and different massage techniques applied in myofascial pain treatment. The authors would also like to present the protocol for dealing with patients who demand that kind of therapy for masseter and temporal muscles.
肌筋膜疼痛位于头部区域，是一种非常常见的口腔颌面部系统疾病。其发病机制非常复杂，可能导致诊断和治疗方面出现各种问题。患有这种疾病的患者通常需要多种不同的治疗方法。按摩疗法可以成为肌筋膜疼痛治疗的重要方法。这种疗法在临床上非常有用，因为它可以改善患者的主观和客观健康状况，并且易于实施。本文的目的是展示应用于肌筋膜疼痛治疗中的生理效应和不同的按摩技术。作者还将介绍针对咀嚼肌和颞肌要求接受这种治疗的患者的处理方案。
