Trail Guide to the Body

Author: Andrew Biel
Publisher: Handspring Publishing
ISBN: 9780998785066
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
For more than 20 years,Trail Guide to the Bodyhas been helping instructors deliver lessons in clear and memorable ways. With the new edition, it will be even easier to deepen students' understanding of surface anatomy and mastery of palpation.- New full-color illustrations convey the most life-like representations of anatomical structures.- Chapter introductions with pre-learning questions improve comprehension and retention.- Concise clinical stories provide relevance and real-life application.- Newly designed icons and headings helps students quickly locate critical content.- Updated anatomical terminology reflects the latest consensus.

Trail Guide to the Body, 6th Edition - Student Workbook

Author: Andrew Biel
Publisher: Handspring Publishing
ISBN: 9780991466672
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The essential companion to the Trail Guide textbook, this workbook asks students to apply the material by answering questions in a variety of formats including fill-in-the-blanks, drawings to colour, illustrations and matching exercises. Great for self-testing, homework and preparing for national exams. The Student Workbook helps students stay on track and keep pace with the class. 230 pages and more than 500 illustrations.

The Barefoot Running Book

Author: Jason Robillard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110160350X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
For readers of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, The Barefoot Running Book lends practical advice on the minimalist running phenomenon Ditch those cushiony running shoes—they’re holding you back and hurting your feet! You’ve heard about barefoot running and how it can reduce injury and allow for better form. Maybe you’ve even tried it and learned how shedding those heavy, overly- manufactured shoes can make running more enjoyable. Regardless of your expertise level, Jason Robillard—a leading expert on barefoot running education and director of the Barefoot Running University—synthesizes the latest research to ease you from barefoot walking to slow running to competitive and trail running vis-à-vis simple drills, training plans, and useful hints from fellow barefoot runners. Practical, easy-to-follow, and illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout, The Barefoot Running Book shows how everyone can transition to barefoot and minimalist shoe running—safely and optimally.

Trail Guide to the Body

Author: Andrew Biel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
"Before you can assess or treat a structure in the body, you must first locate it. Designed as a hands-on tour, Trail Guide to the Body will teach you to palpate the body's structures with ease and precision. Whether you are a massage therapist, physical therapist, sports trainer or student in any bodywork modality, Trail Guide to the Body is for you!"--Back cover.

Trail Guide Series

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996835916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Trail Guide to the Body's Quick Reference to Stretch and Strengthen

Author: Andrew Biel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982978610
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 101

Book Description
Your quick and easy guide to strengthening exercises and simple stretches. Our flagship text, Trail Guide to the Body: A hands-on guide to locating muscles, bones and more covers the subject of palpatory anatomy. This booklet is designed to present two complementary subjects -- stretching and strengthening. Strengthening reduces risk of injury; increases balance, stability and flexibility, keeping the body strong. Stretching improves flexibility and range of motion. This concise reference guide gives you: Instructions for 100 guided strengthening exercises and simple stretches, covering all the movements at the major joints Suggested uses of light equipment for stretching and strengthening Detailed four-color illustrations demonstrating muscle movement during the exercises This reference manual quickly puts these fundamental subjects of manual therapy at your fingertips. Great for manual therapists or anyone who values the benefits of stretching and strengthening. 103 pages, 120 images.

Functional Anatomy for Occupational Therapy

Author: Nathan Short
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998785011
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Blogging

Author: Jill Walker Rettberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745655963
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
Blogging has profoundly influenced not only the nature of the internet today, but also the nature of modern communication, despite being a genre invented less than a decade ago. This book-length study of a now everyday phenomenon provides a close look at blogging while placing it in a historical, theoretical and contemporary context. Scholars, students and bloggers will find a lively survey of blogging that contextualises blogs in terms of critical theory and the history of digital media. Authored by a scholar-blogger, the book is packed with examples that show how blogging and related genres are changing media and communication. It gives definitions and explains how blogs work, shows how blogs relate to the historical development of publishing and communication and looks at the ways blogs structure social networks and at how social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook incorporate blogging in their design. Specific kinds of blogs discussed include political blogs, citizen journalism, confessional blogs and commercial blogs.

The World Book Encyclopedia

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 554

Book Description
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement

Author: Joseph Hamill
Publisher: LWW
ISBN: 9781451177305
Category : Biomechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Focusing on the quantitative nature of biomechanics, this book integrates current literature, meaningful numerical examples, relevant applications, hands-on exercises, and functional anatomy, physics, calculus, and physiology to help students - regardless of their mathematical background - understand the full continuum of human movement potential.