Manual Trigger Point Therapy: Recognizing, Understanding, and Treating Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction

Manual trigger point therapy combines mechanical, reflex, biochemical, energetic, functional, cognitive-emotional, and behaviorally effective phenomena.

As such, it influences not only peripheral nociceptive pain, but also intervenes in the body's pain-processing and transmission mechanisms. Here you will learn: a systematic, manual-therapeutic approach to recognize and deactivate the potential of trigger points to cause pain and dysfunction; how to treat the accompanying fascial disorders; and how to prevent recurrences.

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. Watch a special video preview of Manual Trigger Point Therapy here:

Book Details

• Author: Roland Gautschi
• Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers
• eBook ISBN: 9783132203112, 3132203114
• Print ISBN: 9783132203112, 3132203114
• Other ISBNs: 3132202916, 9783132202917