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Books

The Concise Book of Trigger Points

Simon Neil-Asher
ISBN 0 9543188 5 4 £16.99 (includes P&P)

Written specifically for the student or early body worker practitioner, it is a concise but compact reference guide and explains how to treat chronic pain through trigger points – tender, painful nodules that form in muscle fibres and connective tissues.
Its full colour format with 240 illustrations makes it very easy to use. The book provides a much-needed link in the chain of continual professional development. The author, a qualified osteopath uses trigger point therapy in his everyday work and has formulated his own technique for treating frozen shoulder syndrome.

The first four chapters provide a background to the physiology of trigger points, and the general methods of treatment. The following six chapters are organised in muscle groups. For each major skeletal muscle, there are detailed colour illustrations and text identifying origin, insertion, action, function and a discussion of the physiological implications of the trigger points in each muscle, plus techniques for treatment.

The Concise Book of Muscles

Chris Jarmey
ISBN 0 9543188 1 1 £16.99

This book is aimed at the student and newly qualified bodyworker and other health-related fields. It is very clear and concise and enhanced with simple, full colour illustrations.

A great addition is the information boxes for each muscles showing stretches and strengthening exercises. They put into perspective mechanics of the muscle movement and make this textbook stand out from others on the same subject. It is very user friendly for those returning to study after some time. James Earls, a regular contributor to Massage World on Body Mechanics says “An easy-to-use reference book that will help the student and practitioner to not only learn the anatomy, but to understand and apply the information.
An excellent addition to the library of anyone studying the human body.