[meyer]

Hello... share, please!! I’m having some terrible back and neck pain. Got the shoulder pain to stop.

Sorry that I'm slow to answer.

The book is called "The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook" by Clair Davies, updated by Amber Davies. It has some nice descriptive instructions and diagrams for dealing with pain based on manipulating trigger points.

Amazon Link

[peteypupperdoo]

Thank you, meyer. And no worries... AZLiberty gave me the link earlier... book ordered.

[AZLiberty]

Thank you, meyer and ppd, for bringing me back to the Trigger Point Therapy Workbook. As I proceed through training for the Alexander Technique -- basically a gentle method of release, relaxation and retraining to prevent your body from even developing trigger points -- I have developed tightness in the mid back. The Alexander Technique has you relearn how you hold your body, starting at the neck, and this can also elevate some previous aches and pains, I've discovered. I hadn't thought to apply the trigger point method to these aches and pains. I think it's helping already.

The aches are coming from the mid-back, just below the shoulder blades. I have begun working on trigger points in that area as well as in the buttocks, with a ball about the size of a tennis ball (only harder) between me and a yoga mat. I already feel like I've made some progress.

By the way, it's kind of a vocation of mine to investigate methods of wellness that are astonishingly effective. I call them "black swans of wellness". The trigger point method was one of the first black swans I experienced. Niacin also qualifies.