At activation of the trigger point a distant pain which is typical for the trigger syndrome, and it mostly has a blunt character, sometimes very intensive. The muscle, where the trigger point is active, is in spasm, and it has decreasing strength of the contraction. This syndrome occurs as primary, originated on the basis of muscular causes, or secondary as a product of other affections. Myofascial syndrome can be find in all muscles of the human body.
Data, mentioned above, dealing with general symptoms of myofascial syndrome are basically valid for all the muscles. With regarding to the fact that on the movements of the shoulder girdle so many muscles are involved, we meet a few myofascial syndromes in the area of the shoulder girdle.