Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your responses! This is awesome information! Just to give some background, way back in 2002, I was a lifter of heavy weights: rows, behind neck presses, squats, deadlifts, dips, leg curls. At that point, I developed knee, Achilles tendon, and rotator cuff problems that plague me to the present. I have a wiry frame & I'm not sure I'm built for lifting heavy weights (in the same way someone who is short & squat might not be built for running marathons even if they have good endurance). My physical therapist's theory is that the trigger points have caused muscle spasms that have partly or almost shut fully down a lot of my secondary and core muscles. For example, my TFL trigger points have my TFL in permanent spasm so they prevent my medial gluteus muscle from firing & doing its job of stabilizing & supporting. Does this information change anyone's recommendations?