CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION A GATHERING OF FORCES: Toward an Era of Interdisciplinary Cooperation in the Treatment of Pain
CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF MUSCLES AND TRIGGER POINTS
CHAPTER 2 QI, MOVEMENT, AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 3 INFORMED TOUCH
CHAPTER 4 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
CHAPTER 5 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
Muscles of the Head, Neck, and Face
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
SCALENES
SPLENIUS CAPITIS
SPLENIUS CERVICIS
POSTERIOR CERVICALS
TEMPORALIS
MASSETER
PTERYGOIDS
Muscles of the Shoulder Girdle
TRAPEZIUS
LEVATOR SCAPULAE
RHOMBOIDS
SERRATUS ANTERIOR
PECTORALIS MINOR
Muscles of the Upper Limb
PECTORALIS MAJOR
DELTOID
LATISSIMUS DORSI
TERES MAJOR
SUPRASPINATUS
INFRASPINATUS
TERES MINOR
SUBSCAPULARIS
BICEPS BRACHII
TRICEPS BRACHII
BRACHIALIS
BRACHIORADIALIS
HAND AND FINGER EXTENSORS
HAND AND FINGER FLEXORS
Muscles of the Torso
ERECTOR SPINAE
QUADRATUS LUMBORUM
ILIOPSOAS
RECTUS ABDOMINIS
ABDOMINALS
Muscles of the Lower Limb
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
GLUTEUS MEDIUS
GLUTEUS MINIMUS
TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE
PIRIFORMIS
HAMSTRINGS
QUADRICEPS
ADDUCTORS
PECTINEUS
GRACILIS
SARTORIUS
POPLITEUS
GASTROCNEMIUS
SOLEUS
TIBIALIS POSTERIOR
TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
PERONEAL MUSCLES
LONG EXTENSORS OF THE TOES
LONG FLEXORS OF THE TOES
APPENDIX 1 MERIDIAN PATHWAYS
APPENDIX 2 ON CUTANEOUS ZONES
APPENDIX 3 COMMONLY USED ACUPOINTS
FOOTNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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