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Posted 12/15/2013 10:56 PM (GMT 0)
For a week now I've had an issue with my right shoulder and I would like to find the trigger spot for it. The one I did for my left arm the other day helped a lot in getting it better, but that spot won't help this shoulder.

The place is in my deltoid muscle. When I prode the spot it seems to center at the joint towards the front area. skull
I haven't injured the spot, but sure feels tender. Oh, the ribs on that same side hurt too. Is there a trigger point that will relax those muscles too?
Posted 12/15/2013 11:28 PM (GMT 0)
There are trigger points that help just about every area. This is why I got that workbook because you can look up the spot and it shows diagrams where exactly to find the trigger point. Much of the pain is referred pain. When my side hurt badly, I discovered the trigger points for that area were in my back!

That workbook is under $20 and has been so helpful for me...worth every penny.

Sherrine
Posted 12/16/2013 12:07 AM (GMT 0)
Where can you find it and what's the full title and writer?
Posted 12/16/2013 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
"the trigger point therapy workbook" I got mine on amazon...

You will be glad you got it...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 12/16/2013 3:00 AM (GMT 0)
If you google The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook it should come up from the Amazon site. The author is Clair Davies. I used this for quite a few bad muscle pains and this also helped me cure my frozen shoulder. No cortisone shots, etc. just using this book and massaging.

When you do find a trigger point causing problems it will be tender. I press on that knot as hard as I can stand and then massage. Repeat this several times and the knot should get smaller. You usually have to go back the second day and keep working it until it's gone. My massage therapist taught me that. I worked on my frozen shoulder while watching TV.

Sherrine
Posted 12/16/2013 3:42 AM (GMT 0)
Sounds like a plan.
Posted 12/18/2013 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
Get the book, and a Thera Cane and you are off to the races
Posted 3/25/2015 4:08 AM (GMT 0)
I bought the workbook at your recommendation, Sherrine. It's fascinating and I'm trying to learn how to do it.

I've had a bump on the inside arch of my foot. It burns at night. I just assumed that something happened to my feet other than Fibro but I decided to massage and press the bump. The burning went away quickly and I've had no other problems today. I'm going to do the same thing again tonight. Thank you so much!

Do you think it was Fibro related? Are Trigger Points caused by things other than Fibro?
Posted 3/25/2015 5:52 AM (GMT 0)
Can't say enough about that book ! My hips kept locking..and with that book and a rubber ball..i can feel when that is starting again and can stop it...saves me weeks of therapy!!

I get sore after i do the releases..but also better after...

Joy while you are waiting for the book, you may be able to google the trigger point...there are youtube videos out there i think..

Lj
Posted 3/25/2015 11:15 AM (GMT 0)
I'm so glad you guys are getting help from that book. My massage therapist talked about trigger points so I started researching them and tripped upon this book about four years ago. It has helped me so much so that's why I posted about it. I bought copies for my massage therapist and also for the physical therapist in my doctor's office and they both LOVE this book too and use it with their clients.

Sure beats pills!

Sherrine
Posted 3/25/2015 3:05 PM (GMT 0)
My husband had bought it because his massage therapist recommended it for me..

For a while it was just not sinking in , how to get what i wanted out of it..

Eventually , i got back to the book and started trying the techniques..

It does really help !!

Every bit of help we can get , means less meds, which is always a good thing.
Posted 3/25/2015 8:34 PM (GMT 0)
Mine should be here any day now. Can't wait to get it!!
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