Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Upper half of bodyThis Second Edition presents introductory general information on all trigger points and also detailed descriptions of single muscle syndromes for the upper half of the body. It includes 107 new drawings, a number of trigger point release techniques in addition to spray and stretch, and a new chapter on intercostal muscles and diaphragm. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHAPTER | 7 |
CHAPTER | 13 |
CHAPTER | 19 |
CHAPTER | 33 |
CHAPTER 38 | 133 |
CHAPTER 24 | 387 |
CHAPTER 25 | 538 |
PART 2 | 764 |
CHAPTER 40 | 776 |
PART 5 | 794 |
CHAPTER 41 | 810 |
CHAPTER 42 | 818 |
CHAPTER 44 | 857 |
CHAPTER 46 | 937 |
CHAPTER 48 | 961 |
CHAPTER 26 | 589 |
CHAPTER 27 | 597 |
CHAPTER 28 | 621 |
PART 1 | 752 |
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Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Upper half of body David G. Simons,Janet G. Travell,Lois S. Simons No preview available - 1999 |
Common terms and phrases
acid active TrPs Anatomy attachment TrPs cause central TrPs cervical Chapter chronic clinical clinician contraction knots diagnosis digastric dysfunction effective enthesopathy examination fascial fibromyalgia Figure finger function head and neck headache identified inactivation increased infraspinatus injection joint latent TrPs lateral pterygoid lateral pterygoid muscle latissimus dorsi levator scapulae mandible masseter ment motor endplates motor unit movement muscle fibers muscular myofascial pain syndrome myofascial trigger point myofascial TrPs needle nerve nociceptors normal palpation patient position posterior posture pressure pterygoid muscle range of motion referred pain region relaxation release relief rotation sarcomeres scalene muscles Section semispinalis capitis serum shortened shoulder side skin spine spray and stretch sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid muscle subscapularis supraspinatus symptoms taut band technique temporalis tenderness tension teres major teres major muscle therapy tients tion tissue trapezius muscle treatment trigger point trigger points TrPs twitch response upper trapezius vapocoolant vitamin