Principles of Manual MedicineThe Second Edition of this unique text presents principles and practice of manual medicine, with clear discussions of how and where they apply in the context of various disease states. Structured according to organ system, this well-researched book offers a complete guide to the most effective methods of diagnosis and therapy. An entirely new section on Clinical Integration and Correlation includes chapters on exercise principles and prescription, adjunctive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and common clinical syndromes. Important recent developments on direct action muscle energy and mobilization with impulse (high velocity, low amplitude thrust techniques) is included. |
Contents
Manipulative Medicine | 3 |
Structural Diagnosis | 13 |
Barrier Concepts | 39 |
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anteriorly axis backward-bending barrier bone cervical spine craniosacral distal elbow exhalation extension external rotation fascia Figure flexed flexion forearm forward-bending hand grasps head Impulse Technique inferior lateral angle innominate knee left rotation left sidebending ligament listening hand lower extremity lumbar spine manual medicine medial Mobilization with Impulse Motion restriction movement Muscle Energy Technique musculoskeletal system myofascial myofascial release neutral nonneutral normal nutated Operator introduces operator standing Operator's left hand Operator's right hand pain palpation Patient sitting Patient supine patient's right Pelvic Girdle posteriorly procedures respiratory Retest rib cage right rotation right sidebending rior rotated left sacral base sacroiliac joint sacrum segment shoulder sidebent sitting on table soft tissue somatic dysfunction spinal standing at side stretch superior iliac spine supine on table table with operator thenar eminence thoracic spine three to five thrust thumb tion tissue tension transverse processes treatment trunk upper extremity vertebral motion zygapophysial joint