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If you like to read, scroll down to see a list of books we recommend.
Useful Websites
The American Association of Orthopedic Medicine hosts conferences and training in prolotherapy. We belong to both the AAOM and the Canadian Association of Orthopaedic Medicine.
The Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation also trains physicians in prolotherapy. This organization does humanitarian work in Honduras and Mexico every year.
Dr John Lyftogt has developed the technique of perineural injection therapy. We find this to be highly effective in the treatment of neurogenic pain. Dr Lyftogt resides in New Zealand but teaches globally.
Dr Liza Smigel is a physiatrist in Hawaii who has studied the use of 5% dextrose in caudal epidurals and found this to be very effective for back pain.
Dr Erik Ouellette is an experienced prolotherapist in Ottawa. His father Jean Pau (now retired) has been a longterm teacher with the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation.
The Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation also trains physicians in prolotherapy. This organization does humanitarian work in Honduras and Mexico every year.
Dr John Lyftogt has developed the technique of perineural injection therapy. We find this to be highly effective in the treatment of neurogenic pain. Dr Lyftogt resides in New Zealand but teaches globally.
Dr Liza Smigel is a physiatrist in Hawaii who has studied the use of 5% dextrose in caudal epidurals and found this to be very effective for back pain.
Dr Erik Ouellette is an experienced prolotherapist in Ottawa. His father Jean Pau (now retired) has been a longterm teacher with the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation.
Treatment in Vancouver
If you live in the Greater Vancouver area and would like prolotherapy, perineural injections or trigger point injections by physicians there, Dr Helene Bertrand practises in North Vancouver and Changepain clinic is located on Cambie and 41st.
Book Ideas
Book Ideas
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Regenerative Medicine By Dr Theodore Harrison is an easy-to-read fascinating voyage through some of the newer treatments available today for managing pain and restoring health. Both prolotherapy and platelet-rich plasma are available in our clinic, but stem cell therapy is not. It is interesting to read about potential future treatments, some of which might become standard care in years to come. |
Here are some suggestions for treating trigger points. If you wish to see any of these books before purchasing or getting out the library, please ask us. You can look at them in our clinic but not borrow them.
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"Trigger Point Self Care Manual" by Donna Finando
If you are looking for an easy to read self-treatment book, Donna Finando has a good one. It is laid out according to parts of the body, and you can navigate easily to your problem area for suggestions on stretching and ways to manipulate those triggers. |
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"The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook" by Clair Davies
This book is very good but also very detailed for those of you who like long books! It is written by a piano tuner who learned how to manage his own painful condition through self-treating trigger points. |
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"The Concise Book of Trigger Points" by Simeon Niel-Asher
Nicely laid out with one muscle or muscle group per page, although this book is for practitioners, there are easy to read self stretches and "advice to patient" sections. |
A few books on how to better manage pain and deal with any underlying stresses:
Pain Free for Life by Dr Scott Brady
The Divided Mind by Dr John Sarno
Pain Free for Life by Dr Scott Brady
The Divided Mind by Dr John Sarno
"Pain Free For Life" by Dr Scott Brady (be careful: there are two books by this same title!)
Dr Brady guides the reader through a 6 week program with some good suggestions for dealing with pain. This is an easy to read book.
Dr Brady guides the reader through a 6 week program with some good suggestions for dealing with pain. This is an easy to read book.
"The Divided Mind" by Dr John Sarno is a comprehensive book on the connection between stress and pain. The first half is theory and the second half comprises articles by a variety of different doctors.