Naturopathic Physical Medicine
Theory and Practice for Manual Therapists and Naturopaths
- 1st Edition - May 30, 2008
- Latest edition
- Author: Leon Chaitow
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 3 9 0 - 2
Naturopathic Physical Medicine provides a philosophical naturopathic perspective, as well as practical clinical applications, for manual and physical approaches to health care. A… Read more
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Naturopathic Physical Medicine provides a philosophical naturopathic perspective, as well as practical clinical applications, for manual and physical approaches to health care. A wide range of bodywork and movement approaches and modalities are evaluated in relation to their ability to be appropriately used in naturopathic treatment and rehabilitation settings. Naturopathic methodology suggests that therapeutic measures should match the ability of the individual to respond positively, without negative side-effects. The model of care emphasised in this text recognizes that naturopathically oriented therapeutic interventions usually focus on achieving one or all of the following:• Enhancement of function so that the person, system or part, can better self-regulate in response to adaptive demands. • Modification or removal of adaptive load factors • Symptomatic relief without creation of significant additional adaptive changes
- This textbook evaluates, and offers practical clinical approaches to, manual and physical approaches to health care, from naturopathic perspectives.
- Details clinical guidelines for combining naturopathic treatment and concepts with a wide range of bodywork, hydrotherapy and movement approaches, in health care and rehabilitation settings.
- Presents evidence based information for management of musculoskeletal dysfunction, immune enhancement, circulatory and/or lymphatic stasis, respiratory dysfunction, chronic pain, sleep and fatigue problems, and more, utilising naturopathic physical medicine approaches.
- Includes a history of the fundamental role of physical medicine in naturopathic practice in the early evolution of the profession.
Naturopaths, massage therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths (practitioners and students)
Chapter 1 Physical Medicine in a Naturopathic ContextChapter 2 Adaptation and the evolution of disease and dysfunctionChapter 3 History of Naturopathic Physical MedicineChapter 4 Naturopathic Physical MedicineChapter 5 Assessment and palpation: Accuracy and reliability IssuesChapter 6 Assessment/palpation section: SkillsChapter 7 Modalities, methods and techniquesChapter 8 Integrated Naturopathic (manual) Physical Medicine ProtocolsChapter 9 Rehabilitation and Re-education (movement) approachesChapter 10 Naturopathic Physical Medicine Approaches to General Health Enhancement and Specific ConditionsChapter 11 Naturopathic HydrotherapyChapter 12 Electrotherapy Modalities
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 30, 2008
- Language: English
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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, UKRead Naturopathic Physical Medicine on ScienceDirect