Unfortunately, no, I can’t recommend a doctor or therapist in your area

The questions readers ask me the most often is also the one I can almost never answer

I simply don’t know any professionals abroad well enough to recommend them. I know a lot of therapists and doctors — I hear from them all the time by email — but I need to know them well to recommend them. I won’t recommend a massage therapist unless I’ve had the chance to be on his or her table a couple times. And I won’t recommend a doctor without quite a bit of personal communication. And what makes a therapist or doctor right for you is an extremely personal matter in any case.

You have to shop around

Finding good therapists is always a challenge, but if you know what to look for, if you tackle it like a consumer and “shop around,” most people living close enough to a city can usually find and/or “train” a massage therapist to do good trigger point therapy for you within two or three months. This article has some basic tips on how to find a good therapist:

SY Do you know a good massage therapist in _______? — Three quick ways to find decent medical massage or trigger point therapy in your own area

Or you could just … save yourself!

It’s important to understand muscle pain well enough yourself that your dependency on therapists is reduced, and so that you can ask therapists for exactly what you need. For that you need a lot of knowledge and practice yourself, and — if you don’t own it already — that’s exactly what my trigger point tutorial is for. That’s why I publish this whole website — to help people reduce their dependence on therapy.

ADVANCED TUTORIAL

Save Yourself from Trigger Points & Myofascial Pain Syndrome!

Myofascial trigger points — muscle knots — are increasingly recognized by all health professionals as the cause of most of the world’s aches and pains. This detailed tutorial focuses on advanced troubleshooting for patients who have failed to get relief from basic tactics, but it’s also ideal for starting beginners on the right foot, and for pros who need to stay current. 199 sections grounded in the famous texts of Drs. Travell & Simons, as well as more recent science, this constantly updated tutorial is also offered as a free bonus (2-for-1) with the low back, neck, muscle, or iliotibial pain tutorials. Add it to your shopping cart now ($19.95) or read the first few sections for free!

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