The Concise Book of Trigger Points

The Concise Book of Trigger Points. By: Simeon Niel-Asher.

This new edition of the bestselling The Concise Book of Trigger Points explains how to treat chronic pain through trigger points – tender painful nodules that form in muscle fibres and connective tissues. Understanding and treating these points can lead to rapid effective and lasting pain relief. A complete and compact reference guide it is designed for the student and practitioner of massage/bodywork physical therapy physiotherapy osteopathy sports therapy and any other health related field.

The first three chapters provide a sound background to the physiology of trigger points and the general methods of treatment. The following six chapters are organised by muscle groups; each two page spread features detailed colour illustrations of each major skeletal muscle and referred pain patterns together with information on each muscles origin insertion action and function. The physiological implications of the triggers points in each muscle are discussed along with treatment techniques. This edition contains updated text and an in-depth self help section addressing common pain complaints including headache neck pain shoulder pain lower back pain and TMJ syndrome.

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