MANUAL TRIGGER POINT THERAPY. RECOGNIZING, UNDERSTANDING AND TREATING MYOFASCIAL PAIN AND DYSFUNCTION

DESCRIPTION

Treating painwhere it originates!

Manual trigger point therapy combines mechanical, reflex, biochemical, energetic, functional, cognitive-emotional, and behaviorally effective phenomena. As such, it influencesnot only peripheral nociceptive pain, but alsointervenes in the body's pain-processingand transmission mechanisms.

Here you will learn: a systematic,manual-therapeutic approachto recognize and deactivate the potential oftrigger points to cause pain anddysfunction; how to treat the accompanyingfascial disorders; and how to preventrecurrences.

Key Features:

• Clinical background of myofascial pain and dysfunction
• Muscles, trigger points, and pain patterns at a glance
• Neuromuscular entrapments shown in detail
• Screening tests und pain guides for all common clinical patterns
• Manual treatment of trigger points and fasciae
• Manual Trigger Point Therapy is your one-stop, comprehensive introduction to this fascinating, proven technique.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2 Myofascial Trigger Points
3 Trigger PointInduced Disturbances
4 Diagnosis of Myofascial Pain
5 Treatment of Myofascial Pain
6 Indications Contraindications
7 Manual Therapy of the Muscles
8 Neuromuscular Entrapments
9 Clinical Aspects