The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition
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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition description
The first edition of this workbook is regarded as a classic in its field, and was the first book to introduce trigger point therapy to the general public as a self-care tool for alleviating chronic pain caused by a variety of conditions, including arthritis, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, headache, muscle ache, and repetitive strain injuries. As the author makes clear, all such conditions are related to lack of oxygen in exhausted or injured muscle tissue. Trigger point therapy has been used for decades by doctors, pain specialists, and massage therapists to quickly stimulate the flow of oxygen and promote rapid pain reduction. This book makes the same techniques available to the general public with instructions that are easy to follow, and abetted by an extensive collection of charts and corresponding illustrations. The author’s interest in trigger point therapy began when he used it to successfully treat his frozen shoulder. Since that time, he has dedicated himself to teaching others the same techniques. That dedication is obvious throughout his writing and the care he takes to make the therapy understandable to the lay public. Also included in this new edition is updated information that should be of great interest to pain specialists and bodyworkers, as well as useful instruction in a variety of relaxation techniques. Overall, this book is an excellent self-care resource for anyone interested in pain relief.--Larry Trivieri Jr. |
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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition Customer Reviews
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This is a tremendous resource for people in pain. After having tried many natural remedies for my shoulder pain, this program is the best. Glucosamine while it helped, did not totally alleviate the pain. Magnet therapy helped for awhile, but eventually made the pain worse. Chiropractic treatments, which used trigger point therapy worked for a time, but then my knots would return and cause pain. I didn't know the importance of at least six times a day massaging your central trigger points until the knots are gone.
"The Trigger Point Therapy Wookbook" has excellent information on the muscles. It also has excellent charts which help you locate specific trigger points (knots in your muscles) which cause pain. It tells you how to message those painful areas to get rid of the knots in your muscles. While the information is thorough, it is written for the lay person in an understandable way.
You can have central trigger points, which are located in the belly of the muscle that hurts. You can also have satellite trigger points in the pain referral zone of another muscle and attachment trigger points in your tendons where your muscles connect to your bones. While your trigger points will never be on opposite sides of your body, they can travel the length of one side of the body. Satellite and attachemnt trigger points are secondary trigger points. Even though they can be very painful, especially attachment trigger points, they can right themselves. Not so with central trigger points. You can get the secondary trigger points out, but not deal with the pain unless you deal with the central trigger points.
I highly recommend a Thera Cane, which is like having very long, totally mobile arms, which enable you to message hard to reach trigger points. While the book and Thera Cane may seem expensive, they are much cheaper than repeated Chiropractic visits.
Also, working on your posutre is important in permanent pain relief. "The New Rules of Posture" is the best book I've found on the subject. For people with shoulder pain, I recommend the stretches in the book, "Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff." You will want to hold off on the stretches until you have first dealth with you trigger points and alleviated the pain.
I very much like the authors outlook on health. The visualization exercises found at the boo's end to relax you muscles are excllent. As do many other readers, I higlhly recommend this excellent book.
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