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Massage and wellness

Massage and wellness include a wide range of topics and can be a rather confusing area to discover and learn about. It is my hope that I can cover many of the topics in this series of articles. I will not only describe massages, but also expand to other topics related to wellness.

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Name: Pia Poulsen
Location: Noisy le Grand, Ile de France, France

Pia is educated as "Praticienne en Massage Créatif" at Institut FIGARI in Paris. She has more than ten years of interest in aromatherapy, massage and wellness. Taunaki (http://www.taunaki.com) is her current start-up and takes up most her time and she owns Star Keys Massage. Life is a constant journey in learning and knowledge. Pia wants to help people obtain and maintain their wellness, be it via education, articles, massages, building resources or as her dream is, creating a wellness resort one day.

15 April 2009

Massage books reviews III

It's time for a couple of books about trigger point therapy.


The Concise book of Trigger Points is a great reference books and aid in learning where the trigger points are located in the muscles. It's strength is the reference it is, easy to look up in and find out how pain and trigger points are connected.

The book also discusses the body and anatomy briefly, what trigger points are and how they're formed, and an overview of the different therapeutic technique protocols. There's an extensive listing of the various body parts, their referred pains and associated trigger points, and finally a brief guide to self-treatment and putting it all together. There are also gives ideas and guidance to strengthening and stretch exercises which can help prevent the trigger points from forming. A must have resource for anyone interested in trigger points and treating them.

A great, and easily accessible book to Trigger Point Therapy is The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook - Your self-treatment guide for pain relief.

The book is a rather comprehensive guide to self-treatment using trigger point therapy and both discusses how trigger point therapy can aid people with chronic pains, be used to improve wellness and the author's own experiences and knowledge.

It has a less clinical approach than the previous book, as it's aimed at ordinary people wanting to deal with their pains and improve their health. It very well explains what they are, how to massage them, tools to use and then several chapters with one example after the other of how to treat yourself and get rid of pains. Finally there's a chapter about how to give trigger point massage as a massage therapist or caring friend.

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook doesn't claim any miracle cures, but explains through care and attention, persistence and attentiveness many people can rid themselves of chronic pain and how that's backed up by studies and the author's own experiences when treating others.

It's a book that anyone interested in helping loved ones, or treating their own pain should have and study. It gives great insight into trigger point therapy, and it really encourages the reader to take charge of their own health and wellness and that we all can do a lot to improve these things.


Related posts:
Trigger Points, Massage books reviews II, Massage books review.

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