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The Concise Book of Trigger Points

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Author: Simeon Niel-asher
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: Concise
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.9

ISBN: 1556435363
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.74
EAN: 9781556435362
ASIN: 1556435363

Publication Date: January 12, 2006
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Condition: Nearly perfect copy, just the corner cover has minor edge wear. Still new!!

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This practical manual explains how to treat chronic pain through trigger points#8212;those tender, painful nodules that form in muscle fibers and connective tissues. Organized by muscle groups, the book emphasizes hands-on techniques for bringing immediate relief by stimulating the flow of oxygen to the trigger point. Each two-page spread features detailed color illustrations on one side and straightforward text on the other identifying each muscle's origin, insertion, action, and function. In addition, the author discusses the physiological implications of the trigger points in each muscle, and techniques for treatment.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Very Handy Book March 21, 2008
This is one of the easiest to read and most comprehensive trigger point manuals available. It covers all methods of dealing with trigger points, where they are, and the pain they produce. It's pictures are clear and the text is accessible to anyone with even the most basic of medical backgrounds. Very useful for the massage therapist or physical therapist.

4 out of 5 stars

Informative, especially good for newer therapists January 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

The pictures are very helpful (the pictures in the anatomy books at school bunched all the muscles together, whereas you can actually see the individual muscles in this book). The exercises are sometimes difficult to understand, but I think it is a good resource.br /br /Also, this will sound crazy, but the book has the most wretched odor - when I have it open, people will start asking what that awful smell is. It makes it hard to read it sometimes. Probably the coating on the pages.

4 out of 5 stars

Advise not clear. July 3, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

The book is beautifully represented and as it says "concise" The advise to the client is not as clear as I would have liked it to be

4 out of 5 stars

The Concise Book Of Trigger Points March 14, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is an invaluable resource to anyone that works in remedial massage

3 out of 5 stars

It's just OK January 12, 2007
29 out of 29 found this review helpful

There is nothing new in this book and not much information either.br /There is,however,something very disturbing.When I browsed through the pagesbr /I found two recomendations for excercises (with pictures)for strenghtening the rotator cuff muscles.They are upright rows and behind the neck pull downs. These are the two best excercises br /that anyone could do to ruin the shoulders.Both of them are big NO!NO!br /The upright row keeps the upper arms internally rotated and because of that it puts tremendous (and unnecessary) stress on the very small rotator cuff muscles.The behind the neck pull down keeps the shoulders in a very compromised position.Most of us lack the flexibility in the shoulders to do this excercise safely.Today even the glossy bodubuilding magazines (which are loded with bad advice and misinformation)do not recommed them any more.So,in conclusion,either the author did not check the pictures or has no idea about safe excercises and rotator cuff rehab.

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