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Trigger points in the serratus anterior are commonly detected and treated for local pain.

In these cases the client will typically report pain in the rib cage, pain in the general area of the arm pit and in either case the pain may be felt more acutely with deep breathing.

Where other possible conditions have been examined and ruled out, trigger points in the serratus anterior are often discovered to be connected with the pain.

In other cases however, pain from trigger points in the serratus anterior muscle may radiate down the inside of the arm. In a smaller number of cases pain from these trigger points may radiate all the way down the arm to the fingers.