Author: Jan Trewartha Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 191208547X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 182
Book Description
This highly illustrated book explains the effects of scars and adhesions on the body through the lens of biotensegrity, a concept that recognizes the role of physical forces on their formation, structure and treatment. It includes contributions from specialists in the fields of fascial anatomy, biotensegrity, movement, surgery and other manual therapies. It takes a comprehensive approach to providing a better understanding of these complex issues and will be valuable to every hands-on practitioner. The text is supported with online videos demonstrating five ScarWork therapeutic techniques.
Author: David Walton Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 1912085518 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
Musculoskeletal Pain - Assessment, Prediction and Treatment presents a common sense approach to interpreting and applying existing clinical knowledge and new research to help clinicians make sense of the complex phenomena of acute and chronic post-traumatic musculoskeletal pain. Built upon the Assess, Predict, Treat framework, the authors offer a method to help clinicians better understand their patients' pain. They present evidence-based decision tools to predict the natural and clinical course of common conditions, such as neck and low back pain, and they then synthesize that information into a logical, integrated treatment approach, which respects the individuality of the patient, the experiences of the clinician, and the value of evidence-informed practice. David Walton and James Elliott are leaders in the field of post-traumatic pain and recovery. Their work provides a valuable framework to facilitate novice clinicians in their transition towards experts and helps mid- and late-stage clinicians better interpret, synthesize, and discuss complex information on pain with the goal of optimised outcomes for patients.
Author: Larry Wurn Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781986094788 Category : Languages : en Pages : 158
Book Description
Virtually invisible to all diagnostic tests, adhesions are powerful internal scars that form whenever and wherever the body heals. Adhesions form as the first step in healing from surgery, injury, or infection. Once formed, they can bind our internal structures with a strength estimated at 2,000 pounds per square inch (140 kilograms per square centimeter.) Physical Therapist Belinda Wurn was in debilitating pain and dysfunction in her early 30s due to adhesions that formed in her pelvis after a surgery. Unable to move or breathe without pain, she and her husband Larry, a massage therapist, have devoted their lives to the study of adhesions. What they discovered has astounded physicians around the world. They learned was that adhesions act like glue in the body, squeezing internal structures, or binding them to other structures - organs, muscles and nerves. Because they do not appear on most diagnostic tests, doctors may dismiss patient complaints of pain or dysfunction - while their inner structures are squeezed in powerful adhesive straight-jackets. Once formed, adhesions can stay in the body for a lifetime, and can spread to other structures, causing a host of unusual and confusing symptoms. Surgeons can sometimes remove adhesions, but surgery has been named as the primary cause of adhesions. In this book, the Wurns explain the processes that create adhesions. They examine major problems adhesions cause, and point to vulnerabilities in adhesions that may lead to a cure. With stories from patients and data published in peer-reviewed medical journals, this book opens the door to understanding a pervasive but little-known problem in medicine; it points the way to a return to life for many people. If you or a loved one suffers from chronic pain, infertility, or small bowel obstructions, your doctors have been unable to find the cause of your pain or dysfunction, you need to read this book.
Author: Graham Melvin Scarr Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 1909141852 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 209
Book Description
The emerging science of biotensegrity provides a fresh context for rethinking our understanding of human movement, but its complexities can be formidable. Biotensegrity: The Structural Basis of Life, Second edition - now with full color illustrations throughout - explores and explains the concept of biotensegrity and provides an understanding and appreciation of anatomy and physiology in the light of the latest research findings. The reader learns that biotensegrity is an evolving science which gives researchers, teachers, and practitioners across a wide range of specialisms, including bodyworkers and movement teachers, a deeper understanding of the structure and function of the human body. They are then able to develop clinical practice and skills in light of this understanding, leading to more effective therapeutic approaches, with the aim of improved client outcomes. The second edition provides expanded coverage of the developmental and therapeutic aspects of biotensegrity. Coverage now includes: A more thorough look at life's internal processes Closed kinematic chains as the new biomechanics Embryological development as an evolutionary process The human body as a constantly evolving system based on a set of unchanging principles Emergence, heterarchies, soft-matter and small-world networks A deeper look at what constitutes the therapeutic process
Author: Phillip S. Ebrall Publisher: ISBN: 9780443072284 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
Efficient and integrated, this text provides knowledge about approaching the manual assessment of the spine and its related articulations. This information is presented in a clear and concise way, in order to make it suitable for students, while remaining relevant to current practitioners. The content provides descriptions and discussions of a variety of observational and manual techniques of examination and assessment, as well as guidance on recording and analyzing the findings to arrive at an appropriate working diagnosis. The illustrations, which include line drawings, radiographs, and photographs, contribute to the reader's learning by providing helpful visual aides. The coverage presents a fully comprehensive approach to spinal assessment and the techniques involved. Recognition of other professional groups acknowledges their aspects of techniques, as well as providing the reader with relevant knowledge that is now becoming part of chiropractic practice. Key points and tips, practical learning tasks, and strong visual design help teach various aspects of chiropractic practice. Vivid illustrations, including photographs, radiographs, and line diagrams, aid the reader in learning what is under the skin, so that they know what they can feel, as well as what they can see. The content will provide a sound base for learning about treatment and for putting it into practice. Essential for safe referral, the material encourages organized and coherent history-taking and recording of findings in a way that can easily be referred to by other practitioners.
Author: Robert Schleip Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN: 0702084131 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 746
Book Description
The role of the fascia in musculoskeletal conditions and as a body-wide communication system is now well established. Fascia: The Tensional Network of the Human Body constitutes the most comprehensive foundational textbook available that also provides the latest research theory and science around fascia and their function. This book is unique in offering consensus from scientists and clinicians from across the world and brings together the work of the group behind the international Fascia Research Congress. It is ideal for advanced sports physiotherapists /physical therapists, musculoskeletal/orthopaedic medicine practitioners, as well as all professionals with an interest in fascia and human movement. The comprehensive contents lay the foundations of understanding about fascia, covering current scientific understanding of physiology and anatomy, fascial-related disorders and associated therapies, and recently developed research techniques. - Full colour illustrations clearly show fascia in context - New content based on latest research evidence - Critical evaluation of fascia-oriented therapies by internationally trusted experts - Chapter outlines, key points and summary features to aid navigation - Accompanying e-book version include instructional videos created by clinicians
Author: Diane Jacobs Publisher: ISBN: 9781987985191 Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
DermoNeuroModulating is a structured, interactive approach to manual therapy that considers the nervous system of the patient from skin cell to sense of self. Techniques are slow, light, kind, intelligent, responsive and effective. Positioning of limbs and trunk affects deeper nerve trunks (by shortening and widening their container), and is combined with skin stretch directed toward cutaneous fields of nerves that branch outward into skin (which may draw neural structure further through its container). It is prudent to remember that manual handling of a patient's physicality is only a small part of developing a complete therapeutic context for change--while optional, it can also be optimal.
Author: Margaret Schell Frazier Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN: 0323340091 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 976
Book Description
Get a firm grasp of disease and disease process as it relates to your job with Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 6th Edition. Perfectly tailored to the needs to today’s medical assistants, this unique text uses simple language and an abundance of learning features as it walks readers through the disease pathology of over 500 common patient conditions. This new sixth edition includes new diseases and conditions, new illustrations, ICD-10-CM codes for every condition, and new critical thinking questions to keep readers up-to-date on the latest pathology topics while helping them apply concepts from the text to clinical practice. Tenth grade reading level utilizes very approachable language to make the text content easy to digest. Enrichment boxes relate disease information to everyday practice. ICD-10-CM codes for each disease give readers ample practice looking up codes in ICD-10-CM. Current information on the most commonly encountered clinical disorders is presented in small segments for easier understanding. Full-color illustrations clarify difficult concepts. Consistent format for all diseases entries walks readers through each step of patient care and treatment, including: Description Symptoms and Signs Patient Screening Etiology Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Prevention Patient Teaching Pharmacology appendix details drug names, therapeutic objectives, side effects, and general comments for commonly prescribed drugs. Alerts highlight safety precautions for physician-based practice. Review Challenges reinforce content and reveal areas requiring additional study. Real-life Challenges test readers' ability to apply chapter content to real-world cases. NEW! Additional diseases and conditions have been added throughout the text to keep readers up to date on the types of diseases and conditions they will encounter on the job. NEW! Critical thinking questions provide additional opportunities for readers to critically apply the concepts covered in the text.
Author: Robert Schleip Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 191208578X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 618
Book Description
Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second edition is a multi-author book with contributions from 51 leading teachers and practitioners across the entire spectrum of bodywork and movement professions. It provides professionals from all bodywork and movement specialisms with the most up-to-date information they need for success in teaching, training, coaching, strengthening, tackling injury, reducing pain, and improving mobility. The new edition has 21 new chapters, and chapters from the first edition have been updated with new research. This book is an essential resource for all bodywork professionals - sports coaches, fitness trainers, yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, dance teachers and manual therapists. It explains and demonstrates how an understanding of the structure and function of fascia can inform and improve your clinical practice. The book's unique strength lies in the breadth of its coverage, the expertise of its authorship and the currency of its research and practice base.
Author: Jean Claude Guimberteau Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 1805013084 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 226
Book Description
This unique book illustrates the structure of the fascia in the living human being. Dr Guimberteau's photographs provide a detailed account of fascial architecture. The accompanying text explains what the photographs mean, clarifies the importance of the fascia, and sets out the implications of these findings for everyday therapeutic practice. This beautifully illustrated book provides an introduction to Dr Guimberteau's groundbreaking work. He is the first person to publish video "movies" showing the structure of the fascia and how the fascia responds to. Based on what can be seen he has developed his own concept of the multifibrillar structural organisation of the body, wherein the "microvacuole" is the basic functional unit. His films confirm the continuity of fibres throughout the body thereby seeming to confirm the tensegrity theory, which provides the basis of many manual therapy and bodywork teachings. His work ties in with that of Donald Ingber on tensegrity within the cytoskeleton, and adds to the evidence linking the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix as described by james Oschman. The book and videos provide, for the first time, an explanatory introduction and explanation of these theories and link them to the visual evidence shown in the video. This material will be highly valued by osteopaths, massage therapists, chiropractors and others as it provides part of the scientific underpinning of their techniques, as well as an explanation of what is happening when they use those techniques to treat their clients. So Guimberteau's material confirms what manual therapists already believed but didn't fully understand. He has provided an explanation of how fascial layers slide over each other and how adjacent structures can move independently in different directions and at different speeds while maintaining the stability of the surrounding tissues.
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