The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook Your Self-Treatment for Pain Relief 1572243759 2nd Edition

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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment for Pain Relief (Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief.. second edition. ISBN 1572243759, 328 pages, Author: Clair Davies & Amber Davies 2004

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, U.S.

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Trigger point therapy is one of the most intriguing and fastest-growing bodywork styles in the world. Medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, and massage therapists are all beginning to use this technique to relieve formerly undiagnosed muscle and joint pain? Conditions that studies have shown to be the cause of nearly 25 percent of all doctor visits. The technique involves applying short, repeated massage strokes to trigger points, tiny contraction knots in muscle tissue where restricted circulation and lack of oxygen cause referred pain. Trigger points create pain throughout the body in predictable patterns characteristic to each muscle, producing discomfort ranging from mild to severe. Trigger point massage increases circulation and oxygenation in the area and often produces instant relief. This dynamic technique has made a huge impact among health professionals and the public alike, becoming an overnight classic in the field of pain relief.

The book has sold over #145,000# copies since the release of the first edition in 2001. The second edition is a complete update and includes a new chapter specifically for massage professionals, as well as a chapter on systematic muscle relaxation techniques that can reinforce the therapeutic power of trigger point work. Trigger point therapy is one of the most intriguing and fastest-growing bodywork styles in the world. In this revised edition of his best-selling book, The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, Clair Davies, a certified massage therapist and expert in trigger point therapy, outlines a very user-friendly and completely up-to-date method of self-massage that people can employ as a means of reducing and eliminating their pain.

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Trigger point therapy is a proven therapeutic technique used for the relief of soft-tissue pain and dysfunction, including pain from repetitive strain injuries, accident trauma, and sports injuries, as well as fibromyalgia and related conditions. Trigger points are places in the muscle or its connective tissue where a lack of oxygen causes swelling; the resulting referred pain from these points occurs in predictable patterns that can vary in intensity from low-grade discomfort to severe and incapacitating torture.

MHO A great book!