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<p>Learn the secrets to lasting pain relief: finding and deactivating trigger points, the underlying cause of most low back pain. Trigger points are sensitive tight spots in taut bands of muscle tissue. Treating trigger points that refer pain to the low back and buttock areas, rather than addressing only the specific sites of your pain, is the best way to comprehensively treat occasional or chronic discomfort and prevent it from coming back.</P><BR><P>Packed with illustrated treatment techniques, <B>Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain</B> offers effective strategies beginners can practice at home and detailed hands-on protocols health care practitioners can use while working with patients. Find out which of eleven muscles could be causing back pain, then learn specific trigger point treatments and correct underlying perpetuating factors to immediately relieve soreness and tension in these muscles. If you're ready to try a targeted approach to eliminating back pain, this manual will provide you with all the information you need to get started and end low back discomfort once and for all.</P><BR><P> <I>This book does modern medicine a great service... [and is] presented effectively for the primary reader, the patient.</I> <BR> - David G. Simons, MD, associate voluntary professor at Emory University and coauthor, with Janet Travell, of <I>Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual, V.1 and V.2</I> </P><BR><P> <I>... 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.</I> <BR> - Robert D. Gerwin, MD, associate professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins University</p>
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<p>Mary Biancalana, MS, CMTPT, LMT, is a certified myofascial trigger point therapist in Chicago, IL, who has been treating chronic and acute soft tissue pain since 1999. She has been a personal trainer and fitness instructor since 1986. Biancalana has spoken extensively on complex myofascial pain syndromes and fibromyalgia, and has served as chairperson for the annual convention of the National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists. Biancalana has a particular interest in the detection and treatment of commonly overlooked perpetuating factors in chronic pain syndromes.</p> Foreword writer Bernard E. Filner, MD, is a practicing anesthesiologist and non-interventional pain medicine practitioner with more than forty years of experience. A leading expert on pain treatment, Filner has held faculty positions at the University of California at San Diego, the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and the Department of Anesthesiology of George Washington University in Washington, DC. He now works in private practice, specializing in the treatment ofmyofascial pain and fibromyalgia. <p>Sharon Sauer, CMTPT, LMT, is a myofascial trigger point therapist who has practiced in Chicago, IL, since 1986. She has successfully treated thousands of patients with chronic and acute soft tissue pain. Sauer has made significant contributions to the field of myofascial trigger point therapy, most notably, the incorporation of self-care training into treatment protocols for over sixty different kinds of myofascial pain and dysfunction. Sauer has been a featured speaker at the annual convention of the American Academy of Pain Management and has taught trigger point evaluation and elimination techniques to hundreds of doctors, osteopaths, dentists, chiropractors, physical therapists, massage therapists, and other health care practitioners.</p>
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Very thorough a "Must Own", Jun 27 2010
By Vince - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain: A Self-Treatment Workbook (Paperback)
I have purchased quite a few books on trigger points as I have suffered with shoulder and upper back pain for many years. I went to the so called experts in my city, some even had a roster of clients that included pro athletes. Please don't be fooled, they knew little about what they did. I eventually stumbled across Davies book and was quite impressed with the reviews it got. So I started my in depth education of trigger points.TP Therapy for Low Back Pain is incredibly thorough. It gives you tests to see for yourself where your issues may be. It is an absolute gem. I was so impressed that I took a flight to Chicago to get treated by Sharon and her staff. What a refreshing change. They were highly knowledgeable and really cared about their work!
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Great book- worth it's weight in gold!, Mar 19 2010
By Erika Bourne, RN "Erika Waly Bourne, RN, CMTPT" - Published on Amazon.com
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I am very impressed with how comprehensive this book is. It thoroughly explains myofascial trigger point therapy in a way that is easy to understand. Anyone suffering from pain can immediately use the techniques to start getting relief.The book also helps teach how to stay out of pain including self care tips, ergonomic information, corrective stretching and exercises. There is also information on posture and nutrition and how it relates to myofascial pain.
As president of the National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists I highly recommend this book to both patients and practitioners who want to know more about treating low back pain. It is both simple for the general public and detailed and filled with "clinical pearls" for the seasoned therapist.
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Amazing Book from Master Teachers of Trigger Point Therapy, Jun 17 2010
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Had I not been a patient of Sharon Sauer several years ago, I might have overlooked this wonderful book. As a massage therapist, I have not only experienced (and survived) myofascial pain, but have worked to eliminate it in thousands of patients and clients. My practice has been deeply enriched and empowered by what I learned from Sharon Sauer.However, this book opens up new horizons both for the public and for bodywork practitioners. "Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain" clearly demonstrates Sharon's mastery in this complex healing art and in the art of teaching it. It sets forth the trigger point protocols in such a clear fashion that I have been inspired to renew and deepen my studies in this field.
Thanks, Sharon and Mary for giving us the gift of your amazing work. Myofascial trigger point therapy brings us holistic awareness and powerful tools to take care of our amazingly complex and resilient bodies. In an age when medicine is all but dehumanized (and touch-free), physical therapy is often routinized and restricted to defined muscle groups and consumers prefer symptomatic treatment with pills rather than addressing our real health and wellness issues, this book brings continuity and hope that the breakthroughs of Travell and Simons will not be lost on our high-tech, low-touch and short-sighted culture.
Earon S. Davis, JD, MPH, NCTMB
Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences
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