Acupuncture, Trigger Points and Musculoskeletal Pain

TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART ONE: Acupuncture - A historical review 1. Traditional Chinese acupuncture 2. How news of acupuncture and moxibustion spread from China to the outside world 3. The practice of acupuncture in the Western world during the 19th century PART TWO: Principles of trigger point acupuncture 4. Some basic observations leading to its development 5. Evolution of knowledge concerning syndromes for which it is employed 6. Neurophysiology of pain 7. Myofascial tiigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes 8. Concurrent complex regional and myofascial trigger point pain syndromes 9. Neurophysiological pain - suppressing effects of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 10. Treatment of myofascial trigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes 11. Scientific evaluation of acupncture's ability to relieve nociceptive pain PART THREE: The practical application of trigger point acupuncture 12. Chest pain 13. The painful shoulder 14. Pain in the neck 15. Pain in the arm 16. Pain in the head and face 17. Low-back pain 18. Pain in the lower limb 19. Pain in and around joints 20. Abdominal and pelvic pain