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As time passes, myofascial trigger points receive even more recognition from therapists and health professionals, to a point where they demand techniques of special treatment. That’s the reason why health science is constantly evolving in this specific subject and in whatever regards the society in general. The first and most important thing in our profession field is the evaluation. Knowing the basic principles of myofascial pain, evaluation offers us a relevant picture regarding the situation of the patient that is necessary for the creating a therapy plan. There is a good amount of tests available for the evaluation of the power of the muscles that are considerated for trigger points, just as the therapeutic approaches, whether they regard the methods such as stretch-spray, vapocoolant spray, the injection-stretch method, or more energetic and active methods like foam roller. The results from all these techniques have shown that management of the trigger points can be very successful, considering the therapy is orderly organized and common mistakes are avoided during rehabilitation process. Either the instant confrontation of trigger points with lab techniques or the later self-myofascial massage, are both capable of giving the patient that feeling of pain relief, so he/she can exempt from trigger points and return to his/her everyday activities. In conclusion, the field of research regarding trigger points has to offer us a lot about solving problems of pain, considering the already big current affection that has on therapies. The techniques evolved present positive results, while the confrontation of myofascial trigger points doesn’t concern certain social groups, since the diversity of patients includes from high level athletes, to normal people and the elderly.