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 - Quality info made easy to understandThe Trigger point therapy workbook approaches and goes indepth on a fairly unusual subject: how to cure yourself and others from pain. While it doesn't offer any "miracle" solutions, it explains in a very easy to understand way just how to take care of your body by manipulating trigger points and working pain out. This is great for beginners and apparently it's quite good for practiced massage therapists and such fields. Rating: - Wonderful book for any adult in familyI bought myself a copy, then my dad wanted one too. It's great for beginners or people who have tried self-massage before but need more direction. Rating: - Can't put a price on this bookBest purchase of my life. I have struggled with severe foot problems for the last 18 months. Spent thousands of dollars on orthotics and physical therapy. Doctors wanted to treat the symptoms......which in this case was foot pain. Through this book I realized that my foot pain was coming from problems with my hips (piriformis syndrome). Once I figured it out I was able to treat the problems and noticed marked improvement in the first 24 hours. This book is a real life saver!!! Rating: - Help at last!!!!!!!!I highly recommend this book if you have a continued nagging pain and have been unsuccessfull finding relief. This book is an excellent Compliment to Physical Therapy for severe pain, but is a Practical Guide to some of the smaller nagging pains we experience. I had suffered with Plantar Faciatus and then Achilles Tendonitis for most of 2007. Staying off my feet wasn't an option. Expensive Orthodics proved useless. After leaving 1 podiatrist that initiated an MRI of my ankles, and responded with - "just years of stress, call me if you need anything", I sought a different podiatrist. The new podiatrist sent me to Physical Therapy for 1 foot, while I had a stress fracture on the other. In a few weeks time I noticed remarkable improvement. I continued with the exercises, but still had some issues with tight calf muscles. So I did more research on my own, and came across this book. The techniques in the book point out that when we have stiff and or tight muscles, they may need some extra work to loosen up. Frequent proffesional Massage is costly while these techniques you can do YOURSELF. I can finally walk WITHOUT my feet and ankles aching. I have also gotten rid of that nagging stiff neck I had for months(years actually), and never found much relief from. I had what I called "computer mouse shoulder" where muscles in my upper back ached all the time...NOT ANY MORE!!!!!!! The author does not attempt to replace proffesional treatment when required, but due to his own experience with LACK of help by professionals, and his own research, study, and massage mastering, he has provided a simple, easy to follow guide to loosen tight muscles that are causing mild to severe pain to parts of your body. I only wish I would have found this book years ago!!!!! Rating:  - InformativeA lot of reading....to find your target area to treat. Good for over all information. In association with Amazon.com | |