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This is your quick and easy guide to strengthening exercises and simple stretches

Our flagship text, Trail Guide to the Body, covers the subject of palpatory anatomy. This booklet presents two complementary subjects — stretching and strengthening. Strengthening reduces risk of injury, increases balance, stability and flexibility; and keeps the body strong. Stretching improves flexibility and range of motion.

This concise reference guide gives you

Instructions for 100 guided strengthening exercises and simple stretches, covering all the movements at the major joints.
Suggested equipment uses for stretching and strengthening.
Detailed four-color illustrations demonstrating muscle movement during the exercises. [Editor's summary]

This concise 115-page reference supports manual therapists familiar with trigger point therapy. It’s a quick and easy guide to the common trigger point locations and pain patterns of 100 muscles.

Trigger points are hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle. These sensitive points of tissue are often associated with palpable nodules in taut muscle fibers and, when compressed, elicit referred pain, local tenderness, or a twitch response.

Students, instructors, and practitioners will value the quality of the 210 illustrations and easy access to practical information in the Quick Reference to Trigger Points.

This full-color guide helps you quickly find and treat trigger points by identifying

Common location of a trigger point in a particular muscle belly.
Possible causes of trigger points.
Symptoms and indications.
Pain patterns.
Associated trigger points.
Differential diagnoses.
For those wishing to learn the fundamentals of trigger point therapy or study the subject in greater depth, a list of recommended texts is included. [editor's summary]

Before you can assess or treat a muscle, you first must be able to locate it. This acclaimed book delivers beautifully illustrated information for learning palpation and the musculoskeletal system. It makes mastering the essential manual therapy skills interesting, memorable and easy. With 440 pages and 1,400 illustrations covering more than 162 muscles, 206 bones, 33 ligaments and 110 bony landmarks, this text provides an invaluable map of the body. A complimentary DVD for practicing palpation is included with the textbook. [editor summary]