As a massage therapist I see many clients whom "conventional" medicine has failed, who were tired of taking pain medication. Myofascial pain can be seem mysterious and there is a very high rate of misdiagnoses. For anyone who has suffered from shoulder pain the often contradictory information out there about prognosis and treatment can be bewildering. I tell my clients that they must become their own advocates, learning as much about their anatomy as possible and becoming experts on specialized areas of medicine that their doctors might not have time to research thoroughly. This is easier said than done, however, as most of us don't have the time or resources to find and sift through available studies and alternatives.
That's what makes this book so great. It delivers a succinct explanation of the anatomy in question along with effective techniques that can be easily applied easily at home. (By the way don't confuse this with other treatments...Trigger Point Therapy is not "Pressure Point Therapy." Trigger Point Therapy is a scientifically rigorous paradigm.)
In my practice I use Trigger Point Therapy to alleviate chronic pain of all kinds and have used it often to assist in the rehabilitation of `frozen shoulder.' I used to spend many unpaid hours drawing little sketches describing some of these techniques so that my clients could help themselves between their visits to me. Now I can simply refer them to this thorough and effective book which has many techniques I didn't know of myself.
It is a fantastic resource and I recommend it to anyone suffering shoulder pain (you'll give it two thumbs way because you'll have your range of motion back)as well as to Massage Therapists, and Physical Therapists and, of course, Doctors.