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

Manual Trigger Point Therapy: Recognizing, Understanding, and Treating Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction
ISBN-10
3132203114
ISBN-13
9783132203112
Category
Medical
Pages
714
Language
English
Published
2019-04-12
Publisher
Thieme
Author
Roland Gautschi

Description

Treating pain where it originates! 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.

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