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Title: Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual, Vol. 1: The Upper Half of Body by David G. Simons, Lois S. Simons, Janet G. Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction Travell ISBN: 0-683-08363-5 Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $102.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The ultimate in drug-free pain relief!
Comment: As a Clinical Massage Therapist at a hospital, I use these books almost daily. In fact, I just ordered my second set. . . The first is so threadbare it's barely usable. ANYTIME I have a patient with a pain that I can't immediately identify I grab my Travell's. This set is an absolute BIBLE for anyone in the health care industry. Travell and Simons have esentially written "The Instruction Manual" for elliminating myofascial pain by going to it's source!
Janet Travell, MD and David Simons, MD were absolute pioneers when it came to myofascial pain and it's treatment. What makes these books even more amazing is that they were written a full quarter of a century before doctors even acknowledged that myofascial pain actually exsisted. . . What makes them interesting is that, in this, the most current edition, they have re-evaluated about 65% of the sites that before would only be considered for cortizone or saline injection and now recommend these areas be attended to by a Massage Therapist. They even go into strong detail as to stroke, direction and stretching. There are still plenty of sites that they recommend for injection, but only in a last resort situation.
The chapters are laid out in an incredibly easy to understand manner, though that's not even the beauty of the book's design. If you know the name of the muscle in question, you simply look inside the front cover; the muscle are all listed with their coresponding page numbers next to them. Don't know the name or not sure which muscle it is in the group? No problem. You again open the front cover and there, in 5th grade simplicity, are charts for all the areas covered in the book. Flip to the area in question and look through the diagrams. When you find (in the super well drawn diagrams) the pain you are trying to treat, you are given, not only several treatment plans, but etiology and most likely direct verve aggravation associated with the pain.
My only problem with the set is that the book are not as well bound as maybe they could be for the price. You'll notice, however, that it didn't have enough of an impact on me to give it any less that a perfect score.
I STRONGLY recommend this book for ANY health care practitioner that deals with pain control and alleviation.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Tour de Force
Comment: Janet Travell MD and David Simons MD spent a lifetime studying the patterns and treatment of muscular and soft tissue pain in patients. It is a specialty in itself, and provides an amazingly detailed review of anatomy. These books are the bible on the subject written by the "mother" and "father" of the specialty. There will hardly be a day in the professional life of a busy primary care practitioner, rheumatologist, orthopedist, neurologist, physiatrist or physical therapist when these books will not be used. The more one knows of this field, the more revelations one gets into those difficult chronic pain patients. The etiology and muscular complexity of the huge field of "tension headache" syndromes now become clear. With these books you will have the tools to diagnose and treat effectively (usually dramatically) the entire spectrum of myofascial pain from head to toe, muscle by muscle. Why do so few physicians know of this vital area of medicine?
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Text
Comment: The Trigger Point Manual is a two volume set detailing the current state of knowledge of trigger points and myofascial pain for both the upper body, vol. 1, and the lower extremities, vol. 2. It also contains fascinating analysis of how muscles work in different situations, offering insight into aspects of human movement. These wonderful books are essential reading for all manual therapists.
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Title: Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual, Vol. 2: The Lower Extremities by David G. Simons, Barbara D. Cummings, Janet G. Travell ISBN: 0683083678 Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $102.00 |
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Title: The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief by Clair Davies ISBN: 1572242507 Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Save Your Hands! Injury Prevention for Massage Therapists by Lauriann Greene, Robert A. Greene ISBN: 0967954908 Publisher: Gilded Age Press Pub. Date: 11 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Informed Touch: A Clinician's Guide to Evaluation and Treatment of Myofascial Disorders by Steven, P. H. D. Finando, Donna Finando ISBN: 0892817402 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 15 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapies by Thomas W. Myers, Leon Chaitow, Deane Juhan ISBN: 0443063516 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $42.95 |
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