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Buy travell and simons myofascial pain and dysfunction by janet g. Heavily influenced by her fathers profession of physician, travell made the decision to. The trigger point manual have been hailed as the definitive references on myofascial pain and locating trigger points. Myofascial pain and dysfunction, the trigger point manual. Simons, notes that except for her years at the white. Travell and rinzler coined the term myofascial trigger point in the 1950s, reflecting their finding that the nodules can be present and refer pain to both muscle and. Myofascial pain and dysfunction, by janet travell, david simons, and lois simons, p. Isbn 9780683083675 9780683083675 hardcover, lww, 1992. Janet travell s genius and medical insight identified in the first edition the clinical picture of individual myofascial pain syndromes and many perpetuating factors. Though travell worked hard all her life on many projects including being whitehouse doctor to jfk and lyndon b johnson, the hardest thing she said, was to teach drs to believe their patients. What makes these books even more amazing is that they were written a full quarter of a century before doctors even acknowledged that myofascial pain actually exsisted. Books national association of myofascial trigger point therapists.
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