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Maintaining Body Balance, Flexibility & Stability

A Practical Guide to the Prevention & Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain & Dysfunction

  • 1st Edition - December 18, 2003
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Leon Chaitow
  • Language: English

A collection of tried and tested, effective and safe techniques and exercises for relaxing muscles in spasm and easing associated muscular pain. All the exercises included can be… Read more

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Description

A collection of tried and tested, effective and safe techniques and exercises for relaxing muscles in spasm and easing associated muscular pain. All the exercises included can be done at home without assistance from anyone else. All are suitable for inclusion in a management programme under the direction of any therapist involved in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. They can be used to treat existing conditions or to prevent more major injury (especially in relation to sports). Aimed at the therapist who want to involve their client in the self-management of their own treatment. Designed and priced to be affordable and accessible to patients this is a book which the therapist can also safely recommend to their patients to buy and use themselves.

Key features

  • Safe and effective exercise techniques help patients relieve tense muscles and ease related pain.
  • Numerous, colorful illustrations are included throughout the text to provide a better understanding of techniques.
  • Clear and easy-to-follow explanations of each technique improve readability and comprehension.
  • Expert guidance helps readers select the appropriate exercise for each situation.
  • Content helps patients remember what the therapist wants them to do between one consultation and the next.
  • The role of the patient in maintaining his or her own fitness is emphasized to ensure successful treatment outcomes.
  • All of the exercises can be done at home — without special equipment or hands-on involvement of the practitioner.
  • Plastic cards inside the back cover provide exercises and instructions for patients to use at home.

Readership

All practitioners involved in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders or in the prevention of muscle related injuries who want to be able to recommend exercises to their clients to use at home (eg in the field of sports training and fitness management). So all manual therapists (osteopaths, physical therapists, chiropractors), sports medicine practitioners,fitness instructors,GPs, orthopaedic physicians.

Table of contents

IntroductionInstructing patients in self-help techniquesExplaining the different forms of muscle energy techniqueExplanations and summaries of MET methods Muscles: types and testsMuscle energy techniques in actionExplaining trigger points and their importanceSelf-mobilisation methodsStrain and counterstrain techniques

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 18, 2003
  • Language: English

About the author

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Leon Chaitow

Leon Chaitow ND DO is an internationally known and respected osteopathic and naturopathic practitioner and teacher of soft tissue manipulation methods of treatment. He is author of over 60 books, including a series on Advanced Soft Tissue Manipulation (Muscle Energy Techniques, Positional Release Techniques, Modern Neuromuscular Techniques) and also Palpation Skills; Cranial

Manipulation: Theory and Practice; Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practitioner’s Guide to Treatment, and many more. He is editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, that offers a multidisciplinary perspective on physical methods of patient care. Leon Chaitow was for many years senior lecturer on the Therapeutic Bodywork degree courses which he helped to design at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, where is he now an Honorary Fellow. He continues to teach and practice part-time in London, when not in Corfu, Greece where he focuses on his writing.

Affiliations and expertise
Registered Osteopath and Naturopath; Honorary Fellow and Former Senior Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK; Fellow, British Naturopathic Association.; Fellow, College of Osteopaths, UK

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