MASSAGE TRIGGER POINTS

n Books

Travell and Simon’s Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Upper Half of Body v.1: The Trigger Point Manual. (£68.85) ISBN 0683083635

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Travell and Simon’s Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: Lower Extremities v.2: The Trigger Point Manual (£74.10) ISBN 0683083678.

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Trigger Point Flip Charts (£49.94) ISBN 0683180088

n Video 2: Trigger point charts

15. Simons D, Travell J, Simons LS. Myofascial pain and dysfunction. The trigger-point manual. 1999 (£62.14) ISBN 0683083635 Buy from Amazon http://bit.ly/cImpYa 16. Chesterton LS, Sim J, Wright CC, Foster NE. Inter-rater reliability of algometry in measuring pressure pain thresholds in healthy humans, using multiple raters. Clinical Journal of Pain 2007;23:760–786

17. Fisher AA. Reliability of the pressure algometer as a measure of

myofascial trigger point sensitivity. Pain 1987;28:411–414 18. Hanten WP, Olson SL, Butts NL, Nowicki AL. Effectiveness of a home program of ischaemic pressure followed by sustained stretch for treatment. Physical

Therapy 2000;80:997–1003.

n How do trigger points caused local and referred pain?

n Is manual therapy effective in treating trigger-point pain?

n What is the long-term outcome of manual therapy for trigger-point pain?

THE AUTHOR Wai-Leung Ambrose Lo BSc MSc MCSP AACP

graduated as a physiotherapist in Huddersfield in 2006 and carried on studying at University of Southampton

for a Masters Degree on rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain. Ambrose is currently undertaking a PhD at Southampton in respiratory medicine, looking at breathing pattern variability in patients with severe asthma. The majority of his clinical caseload are musculoskeletal and trauma injuries, and his longstanding interest in musculoskeletal and respiratory physiotherapy now relate to the lack of research evidence to support practice.

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