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Trigger Point Therapy Workbook 2ND Edition

by Clair Davies

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If you suffer from chronic pain, you just might find relief with Clair Davies's Trigger Point Therapy Workbook. This self-treatment guide will show you how to treat your own trigger points, which are often a source of chronic pain. Illustrated with many easy-to-follow drawings, this workbook explains specific treatments for many common bodily aches.
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This is the only self-help book designed to help the layperson to treat themselves for painful trigger points with massage. Trigger point therapy is one of the most intriguing and fastest-growing bodywork styles in the world. Medical doctors, chiropractors, and alternative health practitioners are all beginning to use this technique to relieve the pain of individuals suffering from undiagnosable soft tissue pain-a condition that studies have shown to be the cause of nearly 25 percent of all doctor visits. The technique involves applying a gentle, sweeping stroke to trigger points, places in muscle or connective tissue where a lack of oxygen causes swelling. These points are easily located by general readers and create pain throughout the body in predictable patterns characteristic to each muscle, producing discomfort ranging from mild to severe. The stimulation of the point causes an increase in the oxygen level in the area and often produces instant relief.

The first edition of The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook has made a huge impact in the use of this dynamic technique. This is the first major revision of the overnight classic, a complete update that includes new information specifically for massage professionals as well as a detailed discussion of progressive muscle relaxation techniques that can reinforce the therapeutic power of trigger point work.

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The proven method for overcoming soft-tissue pain is now available in a practical, step-by-step format. Includes halftone line drawings illustrating the effective, self-massage techniques.

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Your self-treatment for pain relief, second edition.
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anonymous, February 23, 2009 (view all comments by anonymous)
Good self-help tool

I consider this book to be a useful self-help tool for treating trigger points, or irritable spots in the muscle. It has many, many pictures which help guide the reader to common places in the muscles where these things are at. From there, you can use a ball, massage them with your fingers, or even use this tool called a Thera-Cane to get to those hard to reach places.

All in all a handy book for treating trigger points, another good lesson here is that sometimes muscle trigger points can mimick more serious ailments, when the problem is really just in the muscle. Also recommend "The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution" if you suffer from plantar fasciitis pain.

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Roy Perera, October 3, 2006 (view all comments by Roy Perera)
Trigger point Therapy Workbook authored by Clair Davis, is an excellent companion to any Professional or any lay person who is interested in trigger point therapy. Readabity of this book is heavily supported by number of clear illustrations. Trigger Point Guides provided at the begining of each section are very useful in planing of therapy sessions. This work will surely mark a new area of drug free treatment for common pain patterns encountered in daily practice.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781572243750
Subtitle:
Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief
Foreword:
Simons, David G.
With:
Davies, Amber
Foreword:
Simons, David G.
Author:
Davies, Clair
With:
Davies, Amber
Publisher:
New Harbinger Publications
Subject:
Massage
Subject:
Pain Management
Subject:
Pain
Subject:
Rheumatology
Subject:
Pain -- Alternative treatment.
Edition Number:
2
Series:
Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief
Publication Date:
January 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
323
Dimensions:
10.90x8.46x.74 in. 1.78 lbs.
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