Guy Hains, DC

Dr. Guy Hains is a Palmer graduate who practiced in Trois-Rivières, Québec, before passing away in late 2014. He had eight clinical research articles and randomized trials on myofascial trigger-points therapy published in peer-reviewed journals; and authored three books on the subject, the last of which is Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy: An Effective Method for the Elimination of Most Musculoskeletal Health Problems

Previous Articles

Treating GERD and Incontinence: Focus on Trigger Points
April 1, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 07)
Treating Acute and Chronic Neck Pain With Ischemic Compression and Exercise
December 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 23)
Clinical Pearls: Treating Dorsalgia, Intercostal Neuralgia and Thumb Tendinitis
June 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 11)
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome and Epicondylitis: Myofascial Treatment
April 1, 2014 (Vol. 32, Issue 07)
Treating CTS and Wrist Tendinitis of Myofasial Origin
December 15, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 24)
Treating Shoulder Pain and Dorsalgia of Myofascial Origin
October 1, 2013 (Vol. 31, Issue 19)
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