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The
Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for
Pain Relief, by
Clair Davies
Two populations will benefit.
The first are professionals dealing with myofascial pain. Mr.
Davies' book has neatly summarized many of the essentials
contained in the bar-setting but often intimidating 2-volume
"bibles" of trigger point therapy by Janet Travell and
David Simons, which will make many more practitioners
comfortable with the idea of searching for and treating trigger
points with manual techniques.
More important than information
for clinicians is the help and hope this book offers to
suffering patients. The book's focus is on self-treatment, which
is not only possible, but is in fact extremely
effective, and often downright necessary in this day and age:
healthcare costs are forever rising, insurance coverage for
physical therapy grows progressively more restrictive, massage
therapists are often costly and the majority of the time, not
covered by insurance, and, money factors aside, pain does not
always present itself when professional treatment is readily
available. Even with the best professional treatment,
myofascial conditions are highly recurrent and knowing how to
deal with these recurrences empowers patients and thereby
reduces fear and apprehension.
With information referenced
from current and highly reputable sources, The Trigger Point
Therapy Workbook has not only my highest recommendation, but
also the endorsement of many, many well-known names in the field
of myofascial pain, including one of its pioneers, Dr. David
Simons.
- Reviewed by Anthony
N Friese from Weston, WI USA
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