Myofacial Pain and Fibromyalgia Syndromes:A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Managemnet

Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Pt. 1 Myofascial trigger point pain syndromes - pathophysiology
and management 1
1 The evolution of current concepts 3
2 Relevant neurophysiological mechanism 17
3 The emotional aspects of pain 45
4 Myofascial trigger point pain 57
5 Nociceptive nerve pain, neuropathic pain and myofascial
trigger point pain 81
6 Concomitant complex regional pain and myofascial trigger point
pain syndromes 95
7 Methods of treating myofascial trigger point pain 103
Pt. 2 Regional myofascial trigger point pain syndromes 119
8 The neck 121
9 The shoulder 151
10 The arm 173
11 The head and face 201
12 The lower back 227
13 The lower limb 263
14 The chest wall 303
15 The anterior abdominal wall and pelvic floor 329
Pt. 3 The fibromyalgia syndrome 349
16 Clinical characteristics and biopathophysiological mechanisms
of fibromyalgia syndrome 351
17 Management of fibromyalgia syndrome 379
Index 399