There are tender points at the trapezius muscle at the root of the neck and at the Fengchi point

Tenderness points at the trapezius muscle at the root of the neck and at the Fengchi acupoint are a clinical manifestation caused by chronic neck soft tissue injury. Due to chronic neck soft tissue damage, he felt pain when pressing hand trapezius muscles and Fengchi points at the root of the neck. Chronic injury refers to injuries of various over-limit activities that exceed the maximum range of normal physiological activity or the local tolerable time. Therefore, for a long time, the head is lowered, and the head is always in a forward bending posture, which causes the front of the cervical disc to be compressed, the nucleus pulposus to move backward, and the fibrous ring and the posterior longitudinal ligament to be stimulated, thereby causing discomfort.

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