Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain: A Self-treatment Workbook: A Self-Treatment Workbook (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) - Softcover

Sauer, Sharon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572245638 ISBN 13: 9781572245631

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2009

Synopsis

Working closely with trigger point pioneers Janet Travell and David Simons, Sharon Sauer developed a range of trigger point therapy treatment protocols for many areas of the body. Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain presents her protocols for lumbar, buttock, and ilio-sacral pain. These gentle techniques are easy to learn and administer at home. They include compression, stretching, and range of motion exercises for the muscles that refer pain to the lower back and hip areas.

The book includes an overview of myofascial trigger point therapy, describing the basic process of treatment. It also includes an index of all pain and dysfunction symptoms pertaining to the hip and lower back, including pain, numbness, weakness, or restricted range of motion in specific areas, which will enable readers to find the muscles most likely to be the cause of the specific symptoms presented. Although the book is geared toward readers wishing to use the techniques for self-care, one chapter details how health care professionals can add these techniques to their practices.

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Review

"This book does modern medicine a great service... [and is] presented effectively for the primary reader, the patient."
--David G. Simons, MD, associate voluntary professor at Emory University and coauthor, with Janet Travell, of "Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual, V.1 and V.2"

.".. a gold mine of information in a user-friendly format. I recommend this book to all who suffer from occasional or chronic low back pain."
--Robert D. Gerwin, MD, associate professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins University

..". a gold mine of information in a user-friendly format. I recommend this book to all who suffer from occasional or chronic low back pain."
--Robert D. Gerwin, MD, associate professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins University

Synopsis

Working closely with trigger point pioneers Janet Travell and David Simons, Sharon Sauer developed a range of trigger point therapy treatment protocols for many areas of the body. This book presents her protocols for lumbar, buttock, and ilio-sacral pain. These gentle techniques are easy to learn and administer at home. They include compression, stretching, and range of motion exercises for the muscles that refer pain to the lower back and hip areas. This book includes an overview of myofascial trigger point therapy, describing the basic process of treatment. It also includes an index of all pain and dysfunction symptoms pertaining to the hip and lower back, including pain, numbness, weakness, or restricted range of motion in specific areas, which will enable readers to find the muscles most likely to be the cause of the specific symptoms presented.Although this book is geared toward readers wishing to use the techniques for self-care, one chapter details how health care professionals can add these techniques to their practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572245638
• ISBN 13: 9781572245631
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208