Trigger point therapy for headaches & migraines : your self-treatment workbook for pain relief /

Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches and Migraines explains trigger point physiology and then offers a complete program for self-care that includes detailed illustrations of all pressure and stretching techniques. In addition, it provides an in-depth look at the factors that cause and perpetuate trig...

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Main Author: DeLaune, Valerie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, ©2008.
Series:New Harbinger self-help workbook
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Trigger Points, Headaches, and Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction
  • Chapter 1. What Are Trigger Points?
  • Chapter 2. Treating Trigger Points
  • Chapter 3. Headaches and Migraines
  • Chapter 4. Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction
  • Part II. What Causes Trigger Points and Keeps Them Going-Perpetuating Factors
  • Chapter 5. Body Mechanics
  • Chapter 6. Diet
  • Chapter 7. Other Perpetuating Factors
  • Part III. Trigger Point Self-Help Techniques
  • Chapter 8. General Guidelines for Self-Help Techniques
  • Chapter 9. Which Muscles Are Causing the Pain?
  • Chapter 10. Trapezius
  • Chapter 11. Posterior Neck Muscles
  • Chapter 12. Sternocleidomastoid
  • Chapter 13. Temporalis
  • Chapter 14. Facial and Scalp Muscles
  • Chapter 15. Masseter
  • Chapter 16. Lateral Pterygoid
  • Chapter 17. Medial Pterygoid
  • Chapter 18. Digastric
  • Appendix A. Word About Fibromyalgia
  • Appendix B. Special Note to Therapists Teaching Self-Help Techniques.