Problem with the Trackpad. Freezes up constantly

I'v been having problems recently with my trackpad. It freezes up constantly. 2 to 3 times a week and sometimes more than once on the same day. When this happens I almost always have to restart the computer. It's not the computer that freezes, just the trackpad. This just recently started on my MacBook Pro (old version). I bought it just before the new ones came out, so it's not old at all. The trackpad is clean, never spilled anything on it. I don't know what to do, but it's getting pretty annoying. Any suggestions and or comments are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your wisdom.

Hi,
There is a new update for the keyboard and mouse firmware for the Mac Book Pro. Have you installed that? If not try that.
If the issue persists, try booting to safe boot by pressing the Shift key down while the Mac boots up and test the issue. If it is working, remove the Caches from the Home Folder>Library and Mac HD>Library and Start up items from the Mac HD>Library. Restart the Mac and see whether the issue is happening again.
If the issue persists, try the normal reset of SMC and PRAM. To reset SMC try the link http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411.
To reset PRAM, press and hold down the 'CmdOption+PR' when the computer starts up and wait for two chimes before you release it.
I hope this will help you. Good Luck.

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