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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self Treatment for Pain Relief | The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition | Clair Davies, Amber Davies

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	• The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition Clair Davies, Amber Davies New Harbinger Publications, 2004 - 323 pages average customer review:based on 254 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Restored my life

I thought that I was just getting older and had to accept not being able to bend or turn my head, or sleep at night or roll out of bed, etc etc. When I bought this book and tried the techniques it made me feel 10 years younger. I have restored my flexibility and eliminated pains that I had lived with for years. I had tried physical therapy which made things worse, chiroprators had no effect and had become resigned to a limited life.

A wise investment

I was surprised to see the book doing so well in sales, and am glad Trigger Point Therapy has caught on. The book is very thorough in the self-treatment as well as understanding what causes the specific pain. The index is laid out well also, unlike the other book in the same subject I have. I did wish the book included stretches after the release of the Tr points, but I still recommend this book over the one that has the stretches. My wife had no need of stretches after the release, but it helps me a little to keep it stretched throughout the day. Pain or no, the book is fascinating in explaining the wonderful human body that we abuse and misuse.

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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self Treatment for Pain Relief

Best self help book I ever bought. Very easy to follow and it works! Alleviated pain quickly without drugs. I'd recommend this book to anyone with chronic joint and muscular pain.

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Well along the road to recovery thanks to this book!

Over a year ago I overworked my left shoulder doing overhead presses. I tried the usual cold/heat and Vitamin M (Motrin) with no luck. I was unable to put on a shirt without sharp pain and had lost most of the strength in that shoulder. Regular trips to the Chiropractor helped re-align my neck but did little to relieve the pain and, a year into treatment, I tried theraputic massage. This resulted in a dramatic improvement but the pain and weakness, while less, was still very much there. The massage therapist called it scar tissue that needed to break up. Once my insurance stopped paying after the second visit I was left on my own to treat it. I then knew that massage was the key but had no idea what I was doing.

This book zero'ed me in on the cause, my scalenes and the T3/T4 area of my Traps. Within one week I have had dramatic improvement, to the point where I can do dips for the first time in over a year! Working the points in my scalene's has been very painful, with referred pain to the exact areas she outlines in the book. Regular self massage and a tennis ball is succeding where a year and a half of chiro appointments failed.

You can't fix what you don't know is broken. It is very simple to identify a trigger point once you know what to look for, and where. I had actually found the scalene problem early on but thought I was pressing on a nerve due to the pain. This book cost less than one chiro visit and could have brought me relief a year ago. It's foolish not to rule out a trigger point as a cause of your pain. This book is staying on my shelf.

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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 undiagnosable 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 220,000 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.

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