Manual Trigger Point Therapy

Treating pain where it originates! Manual trigger point therapy combines mechanical, reflex, biochemical, energetic, functional, cognitive-emotional, and behaviorally effective phenomena. As such, it influences not only peripheral nociceptive pain, but also intervenes in the body's pain-processing and transmission mechanisms. Here you will learn: a systematic, manual-therapeutic approach to recognize and deactivate the potential of trigger points to cause pain and dysfunction; how to treat the accompanying fascial disorders; and how to prevent recurrences. Key Features: -Clinical background of myofascial pain and dysfunction -Muscles, trigger points, and pain patterns at a glance -Neuromuscular entrapments shown in detail -Screening tests und pain guides for all common clinical patterns -Manual treatment of trigger points and fasciae Manual Trigger Point Therapy is your one-stop, comprehensive introduction to this fascinating, proven technique. Roland Gautschi is Senior Instructor at the Interest Group for Myofascial Trigger-Point Therapy (IMTT), Baden, Switzerland. Access your complimentary online version directly from https://medone.thieme.com by using the unique code in the front of this book. An award-winning international medical and scientific publisher, Thieme has demonstrated its commitment to the highest standard of quality in the state-of-the-art content and presentation of all its products. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in online and print publishing.

Résumé
Treating pain where it originates!Manual trigger point therapy combines mechanical, reflex, biochemical, energetic, functional, cognitive-emotional, and behaviorally effective phenomena. As such, it influences not only peripheral nociceptive pain, but also intervenes in the body's pain-processing and transmission mechanisms.Here you will learn: a systematic, manual-therapeutic approach to recognize and deactivate the potential of trigger points to cause pain and dysfunction; how to treat the accompanying fascial disorders; and how to prevent recurrences.Key Features:-Clinical background of myofascial pain and dysfunction -Muscles, trigger points, and pain patterns at a glance-Neuromuscular entrapments shown in detail-Screening tests und pain guides for all common clinical patterns-Manual treatment of trigger points and fasciaeManual Trigger Point Therapy is your one-stop, comprehensive introduction to this fascinating, proven technique. Roland Gautschi is Senior Instructor at the Interest Group for Myofascial Trigger-Point Therapy (IMTT), Baden, Switzerland.Access your complimentary online version directly from https://medone.thieme.com by using the unique code in the front of this book.An award-winning international medical and scientific publisher, Thieme has demonstrated its commitment to the highest standard of quality in the state-of-the-art content and presentation of all its products. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in online and print publishing.

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1 Introduction
2 Myofascial Trigger Points
3 Trigger PointInduced Disturbances
4 Diagnosis of Myofascial Pain
5 Treatment of Myofascial Pain
6 Indications Contraindications
7 Manual Therapy of the Muscles
8 Neuromuscular Entrapments
9 Clinical Aspects