Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Where to Start for Fibromyalgia Pain Relief

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, now in its second edition, focuses on one of the most debilitating aspects of fibromyalgia pain: trigger-point pain.

Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger points, highly sensitive, sore “knots” in muscle tissue that “trigger” pain, are one of the key indicators of fibromyalgia. They may occur in the neck, back, chest, elbows, hips, buttocks, and knees, but when fibromyalgia is diagnosed, they generally are found in predictable points throughout the body.

According to author Dr. Clair Davies, trigger points are created by a lack of oxygen in injured muscle tissue. Using a specific technique for massaging those trigger points brings oxygen to the damaged muscle tissue, and subsequent pain relief.

Trigger Point Therapy Workbook Written for Layperson
In The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, author Davies provides detailed, easily-applied instructions about how to master that particular massage technique. The book leads off with an overview of trigger points and massage guidelines, then devotes chapters to massage for specific areas of pain, such as “Head and Neck Pain,” “Shoulder, Upper Back, and Upper Arm Pain,” and Hip, Thigh, and Knee Pain.” It concludes with a chapter on trigger point therapy for massage professionals and one on muscle tension and chronic pain.

Although written by a doctor, the workbook nevertheless provides its guidance in easy-to-understand, layreaders’ language. In addition, the step-by-step instructions are further supplemented by the generous use of helpful illustrations.

For Fibromyalgia Pain Relief
If you’ve struggled with fibromyalgia pain, you may want to purchase or check out The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook from your local public library. It provides the instructions and encouragement you need to start self-treating your trigger-point pain.

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd ed., by Clair Davies, Amber Davies, and David G. Simons. New Harbinger Publications, 2004. 323p. ISBN 1572243759.