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Trigger Point Self-Care Manual: For Pain-Free Movement

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While the Trigger Point Self Care Manual has a lot of good information for the lay person, with good reference charts on pain patterns. It doesnt, for some reason, cover TrP's of the hands and feet. This to me seems very strange as there are some major TrP's missed. The book is also a little hard to follow as the referal pattern pics for each TrP can only be found at the start of each chapter. It would of been much more user friendly to place the pain referral pics along side the TrP pics.
For my money I would buy the Trigger Point Therapy WorkBook by Clair Davies.

I bought this book to help my husband with his whiplash problem, and it has been a wonderful cure-all book! I really recommend it! I was able to help him getr rid off his never-ending headache, that was coming from his supraespinatus muscle trigger points. I also recommend this book because is easy to understand and the drawings can help to understand the location of muscles even to a person with no previous knowledge.

I highly recommend this book. The diagrams are clear and well organized, the accompanying directions easy to follow. A word of warning, however: pressure on trigger points can be *very* painful, particularly if the pain being treated is severe. Be prepared. (It's worth it.)

Acupuncture and massage practitioner Donna Finando, who specializes in myofascial techniques and has studied pain management with field pioneer Janet Travell, M.D., presents Trigger Point Self-Care Manual For Pain-Free Movement, a guide to self-care practices for promoting a healthier and happier life. Chapters examine the human body muscle by muscle, describing the different aches and pains that can result from stress or injury in each muscle, and teach readers about the "trigger points" in muscles that are particularly susceptible to damage and use pain as a warning sign to prevent even more serious injury. Exercises, stretches, and solid medical advice for taking good care of one's muscles fill this handy guide, written especially for lay readers and illustrated with black-and-white diagrams and red highlights. While the Trigger Point Self-Care Manual cannot replace a doctor's supervision, it is a valuable tool for personal health and maintenance and highly recommended, especially for people leading active lifestyles or those susceptible to muscular stiffness and soreness.

The TRIGGER POINT SELF-CARE MANUAL FOR PAIN-FREE MOVEMENT discusses methods of healing and preventing injury to muscles through identification of areas of tightness and restriction and self-care massage and stretching techniques. Any who suffer from muscle pain will find her methods specific and useful, based on her acupuncture and massage background and studies with Janet Travell, MD, a pioneer in pain management.

My son is a musician and has lots of stress and aches from practicing long hours and this book helped him find some of the worst trigger points and allow him to practice longer and more comfortably.

I purchased this book first and still couldn't seem to get rid of soreness in my legs. I went online and found the blue Trigger Point Therapy book and was able to resolve the problems immediately. This book is hard to follow and the diagrams are not that good. The blue Trigger Point book is much better.

Clair Davies is the author of the other book.

Update: The best Trigger Point book is The Trigger oint Therapy Workbook by Clair Davies.

I haven't completly made my way through the book, but it has some great info and happy i bought it to add to my other massage books as an LMT. My favorite that competes with this book however and I tend to go to more often and just adore is the trigger point therapy workbook, by clair davies, that is a Must have for all LMT or anyone wanting to do self treatment at home, i also bought the theracain that shows you techniques to work on your own triggerpoints, a must have for LMT self care

If you are having some pain or stiffness, take a look at this book. Getting older doesn't have to be a painful thing, this book is good at helping you figure what to do depending on what part of you hurts. Trigger Point has helped me with back and leg pain, it has also saved me a lot of money by not needing to go to the doctor for pain relief, let alone the scary medications for pain.

The exercises in this book, to stretch specific muscles after removing tension knots[trigger points],
are very valuable.

also recommend Trigger Point Therapy manual by Clair Davies, [5 stars] which is much more detailed.

Davies' method of a tennis ball in a long sock, placed between the sore back and the wall,
works even faster and simpler.

pain has many causes, sometimes several at once. Delighted to get these tips.