Monday, December 29, 2008

Gracefully or Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches Migraines

Gracefully: Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age

Author: Valerie Ramsey

A stunning 68-year-old Ford Model inspires you how to age--beautifully, healthfully, gracefully

This world-famous beauty reveals the best-kept secrets behind her timeless face, toned body, and unstoppable spirit. With an upbeat, inspiring tone, she shows you how to enhance your natural beauty, increase your energy and live life to the fullest--at any age. You will learn her professional tips on skin care, make-up, exercise and nutrition, as well as her secrets for nourishing the soul and stimulating the mind. It’s a complete home regime filled with invigorating ideas and empowering exercises to beautify the body, strengthen the mind, and cherish the spirit . . . gracefully.

Publishers Weekly

Ramsey's best friend in high school was the beautiful Ali MacGraw, who "hopscotched right over the gawky stage" of adolescence. With such a friend, Ramsay says, "you couldn't help but feel insecure." Readers might be tempted to feel the same as Ramsey describes hopscotching over her own gawky, aging stage. Beautiful and accomplished, she has gone from happy stay-at-home mom of six (of whom coauthor Hummel is one) to older career woman and runway model in her 60s. But while few women have her genes, or her success, they may benefit from Ramsey's frank advice and beauty tips. She includes such useful information as how to pose for a photograph, strategic uses for Botox, what to eat, how to exercise, what makeup to use, the advantages of meditation and how to stay sexual in a long-term marriage. None of it is particularly original, but it is heartfelt and admirably health conscious (except perhaps for the Botox). Not everything has been roses for Ramsey. She's a survivor of uterine cancer and was diagnosed with a weak heart. How, then, does she do it? Ramsey attributes much of her success to the power of positive thinking. And then, of course, there are those genes. (May)

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Trigger Point Therapy for Headaches & Migraines: Your Self-Treatment Workbook for Pain Relief

Author: Valerie Delaun

"I have such a bad headache!" For many of us, this is an oft repeated cry of anguish. Statistics about headaches and migraines are downright astonishing: One in six people have frequent headaches, and, of those, one in ten suffers from migraines. You are not alone. Headaches and migraines result in more than 10 million doctor visits each year. If you struggle frequently with headache pain, this book offers a welcome solution. Trigger point therapy is an effective self-care approach you can use to get relief from headache pain.

Trigger points form in a portion of the muscle cell where blood flow is reduced and metabolic wastes are not being exchanged for oxygen and nutrients. When enough trigger points are located together, they can form palpable knots in the tissue. Trigger points can cause pain, either in the area of the trigger point, or by referral to other areas of the body. Trigger points can be treated by applying pressure to affected areas, often providing instant relief. This book explains trigger point physiology and then offers a complete program for self-care that includes detailed illustrations of all pressure and stretching techniques. In addition, it provides an in-depth look at the factors that cause and perpetuate trigger points, such as body mechanics, injuries, diet and nutritional deficiencies, hormonal imbalances, and emotional factors, and provides solutions to address each perpetuating factor.

About the Author:
Valerie DeLaune, L.Ac., is a licensed acupuncturist and certified neuromuscular therapist



Table of Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction 1

Part I Trigger Points, Headaches, and Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

Chapter 1 What Are Trigger Points? 7

Chapter 2 Treating Trigger Points 13

Chapter 3 Headaches and Migraines 19

Chapter 4 Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Dysfunction 27

Part II What Causes Trigger Points and Keeps Them Going-Perpetuating Factors

Chapter 5 Body Mechanics 33

Chapter 6 Diet 43

Chapter 7 Other Perpetuating Factors 55

Part III Trigger Point Self-Help Techniques

Chapter 8 General Guidelines for Self-Help Techniques 67

Chapter 9 Which Muscles Are Causing the Pain? 73

Chapter 10 Trapezius 79

Chapter 11 Posterior Neck Muscles 89

Chapter 12 Sternocleidomastoid 99

Chapter 13 Temporalis 107

Chapter 14 Facial and Scalp Muscles 113

Chapter 15 Masseter 121

Chapter 16 Lateral Pterygoid 127

Chapter 17 Medial Pterygoid 135

Chapter 18 Digastric 141

Appendix A A Word About Fibromyalgia 147

Appendix B A Special Note to Therapists Teaching Self-Help Techniques 151

Resources 155

References 157

Index 159

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