Trail Guide to the Body’s Quick Reference to Trigger Points – 2nd Edition

A Fast, Visual, and Clinically Essential Guide for Understanding Pain Referral Patterns

If you work with patients in pain, this is one of the most valuable books you can add to your clinical library.
Designed by Andrew Biel — the author of the globally respected Trail Guide to the Body — this quick reference provides precise trigger point locations, clear pain-referral maps, and clinically relevant guidance for 96 major muscles.

Built for physiotherapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, sports rehab specialists, and manual therapy students, this book transforms complex trigger point anatomy into an easy-to-use, instantly applicable format.

⭐ Why This Book Is Essential

• More than 200 detailed illustrations showing trigger point locations (X marks) and exact referral pain patterns

• Covers 96 muscles, organized by region for instant lookup

• Includes possible causes, symptoms, and associated trigger points for each muscle

• Offers differential diagnosis to help distinguish myofascial pain from neurological, joint, or systemic conditions

• Designed for quick reference during assessment and treatment, both in clinic and in the classroom

Whether you’re treating shoulder pain, chronic headaches, low-back pain, sciatica-like symptoms, or repetitive strain injuries, this guide helps you quickly identify the true source of the pain.

📘 What You’ll Learn

For each muscle, you get:

• Exact trigger point location

• Common patterns of referral pain

• Real-world causes (posture, trauma, repetitive strain)

• Muscle-specific symptoms & functional limitations

• Associated muscles that often activate together

• Clinically relevant differential diagnosis

This structured format allows you to:

• Improve diagnostic accuracy

• Treat the root cause instead of chasing symptoms

• Educate patients with clear visual pain maps

• Enhance results with manual therapy, dry needling, and rehabilitation

👩‍⚕️ Who Should Use This Book?

• Physiotherapists

• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation clinicians

• Massage therapists

• Chiropractors

• Osteopaths

• Sports therapists & athletic trainers

• Pain management specialists

• Medical and therapy students

If you work with muscles, movement, or pain — you need this guide.

🎯 Perfect For

• Manual therapy sessions

• Trigger point therapy

• Dry needling practitioners

• Orthopedic and sports rehab

• Teaching and clinical education

• Quick reference during patient assessment

⭐ Why Therapists Love This Book

It’s fast.
It’s accurate.
It’s visual.
And it helps you immediately connect patient symptoms with their muscular origins — making your assessments sharper and your treatments more effective.