This book combines All you need to know about: Muscle & Bone Palpation, Locating Trigger Points, and Stretching. It shows assesment and treatment techniques, including stretching. Palpation of the bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. The muscle illustrations are great incorporating trigger points and referral points as well! The book also contains 2 DVDs. The first […]
Disability and related factors in patients with chronic cervical myofascial pain Duyur Çakit, B., Genç, H., Altunta?, V., Erdem, H.R. 2009 Clinical Rheumatology, pp. 1-8 The aim of this study is to detect whether cervical myofascial pain leads to disability and to determine factors associated with disability in patients with chronic cervical myofascial […]
Simeon Niel-Asher, The Concise Book of Trigger Points, second ed., Lotus Publishing, Chichester, England, ISBN: 978-1-905367-12-2, 224 pages. Anita Mehrez and Peter A. Mackereth The Christie NHS Trust Foundation Trust, UK As massage therapists, who also offer acupuncture, this book appeals on a number of accounts. First, the author has put together a very accessible […]
Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself? A new study uses a sophisticated brain-imaging technique to try and answer this question. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 29th issue of the journal Neuron, provides insight into brain mechanisms involved in empathy. […]
Research suggests that exercises that target core muscles may reduce back pain and prevent future injury, but whether these exercises are substantially better than other structured exercise programs for chronic back pain has not been proved. And not all researchers agree on which components of the body’s core muscles are most crucial to preventing a […]
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