Clinical Handbook of Myofascial Pain

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Clinical Handbook of Myofascial Pain aims to fill a void in the current myofascial pain literature. It will provide clinicians with a comprehensive problem-solving handbook that can be used for patients with a variety of pain problems. It provides a new introduction to integrating pain sciences into manual therapy practice. The book is divided in different sections based on region (head/neck/face) and associated pathology and dysfunction (i.e. headaches, low back pain, etc.). This will assist clinicians to quickly consult the publication especially for more complex patient presentations. The p...

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Dr. Jan Dommerholt is a physiotherapist and Diplomate of the Academy for Integrative Pain Management. He owns two physical therapy clinics in Maryland specializing in the management of individuals with chronic pain conditions including myofascial pain. In addition, Dr. Dommerholt is owner of Myopain Seminars, a post-graduate continuing education company offering a wide variety of myofascial pain courses, dry needling courses, TMD and pelvic pain management courses, among others. He has edited 5 textbooks, written over 70 book chapters, and over 110 articles, including multiple scientific studies. He is the recipient of the 2016 Janet G. Travell Excellence in Education Award (National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists), the 2014 Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall Practice Award (American Physical Therapy Association) and the 2006 OPTP Award for Excellence in a Published Review of the Literature (J Manual Manipulative Therapy). He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, and on the editorial board of Cuestiones de Fisioterapia and the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. Dr. Robert Gerwin is a board certified neurologist who had an NIH fellowship, then entered private practice in 1973, and later joined Johns Hopkins as a part-time faculty member. He has held a neurology pain clinic at Johns Hopkins for many years. He learned myofascial pain under the tutelage of Drs Janet Travel and David Simon. He has practiced myofascial pain medicine as part of his clinical neurologic practice for over 4 decades. He instituted a series of international pain conferences in the 1990's. He began teaching seminars on myofascial pain, a program that in association with his colleague Dr. Jan Dommerholt developed into the now highly successful teaching program known as Myopain Seminars. He has taught workshops on myofascial pain and lectured on myofascial pain worldwide. He has published numerous articles on myofascial pain and written numerous book chapters on the subject. He contributed to the second and third editions of the Simons, Travell, Simons text: Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction. He has co-edited 4 publications on myofascial pain. Dr. Gerwin remains active teaching, writing, and collaborating on studies in the field of myofascial pain. He is past president of the International Myopain Society. He is section editor for musculoskeletal pain for the journal Pain Medicine. Dr. Kris Demanet is a sports medicine physician with more than 35 years of experience of working with athletes of many different sports. He is trained in orthopedic medicine, dry needling, myofascial therapy, and various soft tissue approaches. Dr. Demanet founded several trigger point organizations in Belgium, including "Trigger," which is a post-graduate continuing education company specializing in dry needling courses, and the Belgian Myopain Society Trigger, an association of licensed Myofascial Therapists.?In 2009, he expanded his clinical practice by adding Muskuloskeletal Ultrasound, which he later combined with his myofascial-based practice and teaching dry needling. He is a co-author of the two-volume book Myofascial Therapy: Triggerpoints.