About the Book
Trigger point therapy is one of the most intriguing and fastest-growing bodywork styles in the world. In this revised edition of his best-selling book, The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, Clair Davies, a certified massage therapist and expert in trigger point therapy, outlines a very user-friendly and completely up-to-date method of self-massage that people can employ as a means of reducing and eliminating their pain.
Review :
..".trigger point massage therapy may be the most effective treatment known for a wide variety of pain problems, including fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome."
--C. Norman Shealy, MD, Ph.D., founding president of the American Holistic Medical Association and author of "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies"
"As a chiropractor for twelve years and an instructor of trigger point therapy at the Utah College of Massage Therapy for ten years, I found Davies' book very accurate and complete. His graphics and illustrations make it easy to show patients and clients ways to improve quality of life. I believe the book will be a valuable asset to all health care practitioners who use trigger point therapy."
--David B. Thomson, DC, instructor at the Utah College of Massage Therapy
"I have long been a believer in and practitioner of trigger point therapy. I certainly recommend this book to the general public and health care practitioners. It is truly an excellent resource and provides the tools that induce self-healing and empowerment."
--Bernie S. Siegel, MD, author of "Love, Medicine, and Miracles" and "Prescriptions for Living" and former student of Janet Travell, MD, author of Travell and Simons' "Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual"
"This is...a well-organized, easy-to-use handbook that will indeed help sufferers of myofascial pain learn to treat themselves with effective self-massage techniques. The detail and clarity of the book's format will also make it invaluable to pain physicians who want to be able to teach their patients useful, simple strategies to manage soft tissue pain problems."
--Joseph F. Audette, MD, instructor at Harvard Medical School and director of Outpatient Pain Services at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Medford, MA
."..trigger point massage therapy may be the most effective treatment known for a wide variety of pain problems, including fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome."
--C. Norman Shealy, MD, Ph.D., founding president of the American Holistic Medical Association and author of "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies"
""The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook" is a welcome and timely addition to the worlds of personal wellness, pain relief, and self-care. The author creates a highly effective form of pain therapy that anyone can learn. This book is a valuable contribution to the field of self-applied therapeutic bodywork."
--Robert K. King, founder and president of the Chicago School of Massage Therapy
"As a medical doctor who has been challenged by patients experiencing chronic pain, including those suffering from long-standing cases of fibromyalgia, I appreciate a safe solution for their problem. I believe this book, revealing that trigger point therapy may safely relieve chronic pain, should be in the hands of every doctor."
--Terry Shepherd Friedmann, MD, author of "Freedom Through Health"
"I have personally benefited from the therapeutic effects of trigger point massage and I believe it deserves official recognition in the medical world. I hope physicians will study these self-treatment techniques and recommend them to their patients."
--Rose Marie Hackett, DO, osteopathic physician and radiologist
"Properly used, the information in Davies's book should enable many people with myofascial trigger point disorders to participate effectively in treating their conditions. The book should be especially useful to those who do not have ready access to a practitioner familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of these common muscular problems."
--Michael D. Reynolds, MD, rheumatologist
"This is a useful book for anyone in chronic pain. There are few resources like this one, which empowers the reader to understand the problem and offers the tools to manage it. The approach to managing pain described in this book will help many take control of a significant part of their health and will become a valuable lifelong reference."
--Scott M. Fishman, MD, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of California, Davis and author of "The War on Pain"
"This must-have book gives practical methods for dealing with chronic pain in a format that is easy to use, and it works! I'm a believer!"
--Jo Ann Gillaspy, MS, RN, editor of "The Nephrology Resource Directory"
There has been a great need for a comprehensive and easy-to-use resource to help patients identify individual myofascial trigger points and treat themselves. Clair Davies's Trigger Point Therapy Workbook fills that need. I believe this book will help end a great deal of needless suffering and prevent a great deal of unnecessary surgery.
--Devin Starlanyl, author of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain and The Fibromyalgia Advocate
This is a splendid self-help book for people with persistent musculoskeletal pain. It tells you how to identify the problem and carefully guides you through the process of self-treatment. The principles of treating myofascial pain and myofascial trigger points developed by Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons form the basis of this book, and are well presented for use by individuals with pain.
--Robert D. Gerwin, MD, neurologist and author of "Myofascial Pain: An Integrated Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment" (video series)
I have long been a believer in and practitioner of trigger point therapy. I certainly recommend this book to the general public and health care practitioners. It is truly an excellent resource and provides the tools that induce self-healing and empowerment.
--Bernie S. Siegel, MD, author of "Love, Medicine, and Miracles" and"Prescriptions for Living "and former student of Janet Travell, MD, author of "Travell "and "Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual"
This is . . . a well-organized, easy-to-use handbook that will indeed help sufferers of myofascial pain learn to treat themselves with effective self-massage techniques. The detail and clarity of the book's format will also make it invaluable to pain physicians who want to be able to teach their patients useful, simple strategies to manage soft tissue pain problems.
--Joseph F. Audette, MD, instructor at Harvard Medical School and director of Outpatient Pain Services at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Medford, M
