The interactive myofascial pain platform

Find the muscles
behind the pain

Welcome to TriggerPoints3D, your interactive guide to myofascial pain, built on the work of Dr. Robert Gerwin and Simeon Niel-Asher.

Explore our interactive 3D anatomy and referred patterns, or search by pain region, muscle, or symptom.

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Digital Health Awards · Fall 2022 Winner

Award-winning digital trigger-point education.

Anatomy overview · Dry needling · Safety measures · Functional anatomy — 4:15

The TriggerPoints3D application, showing the 3D muscle and skeleton models

This web app is optimised for computers only. To experience the TriggerPoints3D app here, please use a laptop or desktop browser — or get the phone app.

Search by muscle or symptom

Find the source of your patient’s pain by the muscle involved, or by the symptom they describe.

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Clinical authority

Robert Gerwin and Simeon Niel-Asher

Learn from the pioneer of modern trigger-point medicine and the next generation of clinical practice.

Dr Robert Gerwin

Neurologist · Senior Advisor and Co-founder

Worked with Dr Janet Travell and David Simons, who developed the Trigger Point Model
Attending Physician, Johns Hopkins Pain Treatment Center (retired); faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology

Simeon Niel-Asher

Osteopath · Author · CEO and Founder

Author of the best-selling The Concise Book of Trigger Points, The 3D Atlas of Trigger Points and The Pocket Atlas of Trigger Points
Working with trigger points since 1990; The Niel-Asher Technique is used by 80,000+ practitioners worldwide
International teaching — and the continuing voice of Gerwin’s clinical and educational legacy

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