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TriggerSync

What it is

A trigger point encyclopedia that works backwards from the pain. The patient points at where it hurts; TriggerSync shows the muscles whose trigger points refer pain to that area — 111 muscles, 120 referred pain patterns, each with its diagram.

The insight it is built on: a trigger point is not a diagnosis to record. It is a technique to prescribe, like an exercise. So it does not stop at the diagram — the technique goes into the patient's session and its result comes back.

How it works

Finding the muscle. Two ways in: the body map (seven regions) or a search across the 120 symptoms. Either lands you on the muscles that can refer pain there, each with a diagram of the trigger point and its referral pattern.

It starts from what the patient already told you. If you open TriggerSync from a patient who has recorded pain on the VAS, a shortcut appears at the top — "Pain recorded in the left knee · on 8 Aug" — going straight to the muscles for that area. It suggests; it does not decide. The seven regions stay where they were, because you may be investigating something else.

Applying the technique. From a muscle, "Apply technique to this patient" puts it into one of that patient's sessions. It then appears in the treatment plan next to the exercises, and is ticked off the same way.

Coming back. In the session, tapping the technique's name reopens the muscle — the diagram, the referral pattern, the technique. Tapping the circle still only marks it done; the two gestures never share a target.

The result. Once there is a later pain measurement in the same area, the technique line shows what happened: "Pain 7 → 6 · 12 Jul". Until then it says so — "Pain 5 before — no measurement since" — which is the reminder to measure again.

What you should know

• The pain figure is measured, not concluded. A session contains several things, and pain moves for reasons that are not on the screen. TriggerSync shows what was recorded; the clinical inference is yours. It will never tell you a technique worked.
• The area comes from the muscle, not from the session. A trigger point in gluteus medius refers to the hip and the lower back, so that is where the change is looked for — not in a shoulder measurement taken the same day.
• No pain region, no suggestion. The shortcut only appears when the VAS recorded where it hurts. If your VAS entries have no region, nothing is suggested — and nothing is guessed.
• It works offline. The muscles, the patterns and the diagrams travel with the app. Applying a technique to a session needs a connection; looking things up does not.
• It is a lookup, not a diagnosis. Referred pain patterns narrow the search. They do not replace examination.

Requirements

Included in every paid plan. The pain suggestion needs at least one VAS with a body region recorded; the result needs a second one after the technique.